artan van buren defeats daniel webster. -- martin van buren defeats daniel webster. van buren runs into some troubles -- a new financial panic sweeps the country. the panic of 1837. all those pet banks, the state banks that received those federal deposits, used those deposits, over speculation and western land, there was a land bubble. the bubble popped in 1837. the democrats become extremely unpopular across the country. now it is the whigs'turn. in 1840, the whigs run against martin van buren. the whigs say they will play a test run a war hero. the hero of the battle of typical new -- tippecanoe in 1811, william henry harrison. we're also going to put on harrison's ticket a democrat. a democrat who was very critical of jackson, john tyler, who is a virginia planter. he was a jeffersonian, but thought jackson was to king like -- too king like. they were right. look at that landslide for the whigs. they overwhelmingly win the election. the first time, they control the house, the senate, the presidency. henry clay rubbing his hands. he is ready to go. william henry ha

will representing new england for the whigs we have daniel webster, a lawyer from massachusetts. one of the most brilliant orators in u.s. congressional history. quite an impressive figure, dana webster is. we have in massachusetts, john quincy adams, son of the second president of the united states, john adams. he, too, is a whig. but then most famously, of course, we have henry clay, hailing from the state of kentucky, and clay, well, clay ends up running for president five times. just can't get in. can't seem to do it. but nonetheless, henry clay is one of the most important political figures in american history. what does clay do? clay has a program, a system, an american system, and that american system is threefold. henry clay says, first, we need to have protective tariffs on american manufacturing. and sure enough, henry clay, when he becomes secretary of state under president john quincy adams, adams signs into law a new tariff, the tariff of 1828, raising the tariff from 25% to 45%. that's one heck of a tariff, 45%. why do they do that? to protect american manufacturers

he focuses on jackson's clashes with quick party members like ahenry clay and daniel webster. this is about 55 minutes. jonathan barth: welcome to american history. my name j

he focuses on president jackson's clashes with whig party members such as henley clay and daniel webster in the bank wars in fact 1930s. this class is about 55 minutes. >> well, good morning, everybody. and welcome to american history. my name is jonathan barth. you all know me as professor barth. and i am a history professor at arizona state university in conjunction with two very stellar world-class programs and there they are on the screen. the school of historical, philosophical and religious ie