JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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He was thoroughly supported by the Whig Party throughout his presidency
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He was referred to as “His Accidency” and expelled him from the Whig the party
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He vetoed Whig Congressional measures to enact the American System, including the Second Bank of the United States
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He served almost four full years as president, and for nearly all those years he was a man without a party
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did John Tyler not support the agenda of the Whig Party when he became president? He was opposed to the American System.
Detailed explanation-2: -At first the Whigs were not too disturbed, although Tyler insisted upon assuming the full powers of a duly elected President. He even delivered an Inaugural Address, but it seemed full of good Whig doctrine. Whigs, optimistic that Tyler would accept their program, soon were disillusioned.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1842 Tyler did sign a tariff bill protecting northern manufacturers. The Webster-Ashburton treaty ended a Canadian boundary dispute; in 1845 Texas was annexed. The administration of this states’-righter strengthened the Presidency. But it also increased sectional cleavage that led toward civil war.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S. Bank and the Whigs. John Tyler was a Democrat who became a Whig out of dislike for President Andrew Jackson. Tyler switched parties while he was a U.S. senator from Virginia. The Whig Party developed out of opposition to Jackson’s policies, including his bank policy.