... who was dedicated and willing to protect the rights of the plebeians had a guaranteed ticket to the presidential office. With the debacle of the Corrupt Bargain between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams, plaguing the validity of the 1824 election, the people had lost faith in any sort of politics that wasn't geared to the betterment of a personal agenda. Then came ... of Jackson in the Northeast, this tariff was enacted in order to give an economic incentive to support Jackson. This however, caused a rebellion in the South, where gentlemen such as John C. Calhoun, the current vice presid...

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... favored more of a Southern agricultural development. Although the new Whig party was widely revered, the indecisiveness of the leaders led to another election of a Democratic president. After the election of Martin Van Buren, the economy seemed to have a little boost to it. "Between 1835 and 1837, the government sold nearly 40 million acres of public land These land sales, along with ... to win the election of 1840, which ended with a two new presidents over the course of a one moth period. After William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia shortly after taking office, John Tyler, his vice-...

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