Location. 1  We will be discussing how overpopulation has led to larger consequences of pollution. The issue of overpopulation, coastal migration and pollution spans every spatial scale, but we will focus on local and regional issues, more specifically the urban, coastal cities of China.
In a prelude to the presidential election, the Jacksonians bolstered their numbers in Congress in the 1826 Congressional elections; Jackson ally Andrew Stevenson was chosen as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1827 over Adams ally Speaker John W. Taylor.
Clay's opponent was an unlikely candidate. James K. Polk was a Democrat from Tennessee, much like Andrew Jackson had been. Polk had been Speaker of the House during the Jackson presidency and favored many of the same policies. In 1839, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, strengthening his political resume.