USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
William Henry Harrison’s slogan from the presidential election of 1840 was ____
A
Democrats
B
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
C
A corrupt bargain
D
the Common Man
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tippecanoe and Tyler Too was a campaign slogan for William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in the presidential election of 1840. It helped to catapult the Whig Party to the presidency for the first time in American history. The 1840 presidential campaign was one of the most fascinating in American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Henry Harrison the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe included John Tyler as his running mate in 1840, hoping for support from southern states’-righters who could not stomach Jacksonian Democracy. The slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” implied flagwaving nationalism plus a dash of southern sectionalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The unofficial campaign motto, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", has been called the most famous presidential campaign slogan in American history.

Detailed explanation-4: -Log cabin campaign of William Henry Harrison Harrison was the first president to campaign actively for office. He did so with the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too". Tippecanoe referred to Harrison’s military victory over a group of Shawnee Native Americans at a river in Indiana called Tippecanoe in 1811.

Detailed explanation-5: -A slogan from the presidential election of 1840. “Tippecanoe” was the Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison, a hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. John Tyler was the vice presidential candidate. WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

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