Paige Whidbee
During the election of 1840, incumbent Democrat President Martin Van Buren was pitted against William Henry Harrison, the Whig candidate who gained a surprising amount of popularity during the previous election of 1836. Continue reading
Adrian Castro
Taylor Halperin
My ad was created around two philosophies. First: that a successful attack ad should have a cohesive narrative. I chose to critique Van Buren both generally and specifically, but I dealt primarily with economy and M.V.B.’s character. Continue reading
Julian Fernandez
Christopher Cameron
In studying the election of 1828, I learned that the debated centered more around the moral character of the candidates more so than their policy platform. For example the National Republicans revealed Jackson’s questionable marriage to Rachel Robards (Howe 277). Continue reading
Dylan Dethier
Jeff Riemann
Max Heninger
My goal in the video was to present Andrew Jackson as a man of the people. The way I chose to accomplish that objective was to craft an image of Jackson as a courageous, independent frontiersman that could relate to the common man because he came from that kind of background himself. Continue reading
Paul Steinig
In the introduction, I sought to draw the viewer to the image of John Quincy Adams. I synched the zoom-ins with the music, from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons: Summer.” This ominous music coincides with the evidence supported in the video. Continue reading
Catherine Treesh
Due to the curious circumstances of the election of 1824, my anti-Jackson campaign ad does not have the vicious character of the stereotypical attack ad. Continue reading