HILD 2A-B-C Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, Working Poor, Mexican Cession
3 Mar 2018
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(cid:824)manifest destiny(cid:825) and the mexican war: president candidates: election of 1844. Clay: late 60s, old, thought to have won. Slaveholder, from upper south, was a drinker. View: strong central government that supported internal improvement, issue with (jackson(cid:821)s 1828) tariff. Generally: vision of america was in line with north manufacturers. Overall: clay(cid:821)s views were out of sync with his economic class. Late 40s, congressman and governor of tennessee. Made fortune through land speculation: used slave sto clear and prep newly bought land in the east and would resell them when land was good enough for much profit. Used slavery to grow cotton in mississippi. Conditions on polk(cid:821)s plantation so brutal even his own family commented on how harsh and excessive. 50% of child slaves died by 15 unusual. No military experience, poor charisma unlike other politicians during his time. Got presidency because passionately loyal to former president andrew jackson.
