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Presidents from Adams through Polk, 1825-1849
This rich resource of primary documents provides a comprehensive look at the conflicting arguments on the hot-button issues faced by U.S. presidents from John Quincy Adams to James K. Polk. Reviews They were substantial and deliberative men, and they believed strongly in the promise of the new republic. They led the country as it faced the issues of Indian removal, repercussions of the Monroe Doctrine, rebirth of political parties, questions about the national banking system, abuses inherent in the selection of non-elected office holders, an economic panic, annexation woes, delicate dealings with foreign states, and, of course, the obscenity of slavery. Smith provides a series of primary documents arranged to help students develop their own conclusions about what Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, and Polk did and did not do about the challenges facing the nation. Reference & Research Book News
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Introduction: Race, Politics, and Culture in the Age of Jacksonian 'Democracy'
The essays in this forum mark the 250th anniversary of Andrew Jackson's birth by reassessing the meaning and legacy of \"Jacksonian Democracy.\" Some scholars have challenged this once-popular concept, while these contributors find that \"Jacksonian Democracy\" often combined the celebration of majority rule with racial supremacy for white men. Most Jacksonians sought power for white men while denying it to people of color, yet some promoted the interests of all laborers, including the enslaved, and granted citizenship and political rights to Native Americans. Racial democracy did not always function in straightforward ways. Jacksonian political culture also included distinct gender relations and household patriarchy, with mastery at home empowering white men in public. Jacksonian Democracy shaped more than politics, as Jacksonian notions of egalitarianism and democracy influenced religious, economic, and legal thought. This forum underscores the complexity of Jacksonian Democracy, a political ideology and a cultural worldview with a lasting legacy.
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A Nation Wholly Free
The Only Time America Was Free of Debt--and How It Led to the Two-Party Political System \"An engaging treatment of a topic of perennial concern and frequent misunderstanding, this lucid tale of the brief moment when the United States was debt-free should be on every Congress member's bedside table.\"--Peter J.Woolley, Professor of Comparative.
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Were Andrew Jackson's Policies \Good for the Economy\?
From the point of view of most twenty-first-century Americans, Andrew Jackson was at best a lunatic, at worse a monster. But the majority of the American people seemed to love this war hero and successful businessman, electing him with landslide majorities in both 1828 and 1832. The answer to the question Were Jackson's policies ultimately good for the economy? hinges on what is meant by 'good for the economy' and depends on one's implicit model of how an economy functions -- on what it takes for an economy and its people to grow and prosper. Jackson had an intuitive feel for what would allow the American economy -- or, more precisely, the American electorate of the early nineteenth century -- to grow and prosper. The bulk of this essay will take on Jackson and his policies from the point of view of the early-nineteenth-century electorate. In these terms, Jackson's policies were arguably pretty good for the economy. Adapted from the source document.
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