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    Presidents 1-10

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    tour- united people after the war Missouri Compromise Signed a bill to extend Cumberland road Foreign: Rush–Bagot Treaty of 1817 Annexed Florida Biggest Achievement: Monroe Doctrine Biggest Failure: panic of 1819 6th President John Quincy Adams Dates: 1825-1829 Political Party: Democratic-republican Domestic: Tariff of abominations Reduced National debt from $15 to $5 million Proposed an Internal Improvement program. Foreign: Signed treaties with many nations to increase

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    Social Studies Lesson Plan Template 1 Title: History of Political Parties in the U.S. Lesson Author: Gina Rumbolo‚ Tommy George Key Words: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Democratic‚ National Republican‚ Whig Grade Level: 12 Time Allotted: 60 minutes (approximately) Rationale/ Purpose (so what?) Because students will be or are already of age to begin voting and involving themselves in the political process‚ it is important for them to understand the history of political parties to see where

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    The party was not a forerunner of the present day Republican Party. At times it was even called a name which seems contradictory today‚ the Democratic-Republican Party. National Republican Party The National Republican Party supported John Quincy Adams in his unsuccessful bid for reelection in 1828 (there had been no party designations in the election of 1824). The party also supported Henry Clay in 1832. The general theme of the National Republican Party was opposition to Andrew Jackson

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    La Amistad

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    LA Amistad is a movie depicting the tale of many Africans who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery. The Africans of “La Amistad” had been among five or six hundred Africans purchased by a Portuguese slave from Pedro Blanco‚ who operated a notorious slave factory on the island of Lomboko‚ south of Freetown. They had been brought from Africa on board the Portuguese slaver “Tecora” to Havana‚ where they were moved under cover of darkness to a prison outside the city and advertised for

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    The Age of Jackson must have been an exciting time. There were electoral scandals‚ Indian removals‚ bank vetoes‚ and nullification. Jackson was the first president from the west‚ the first to be nominated at a formal political convention‚ and the first to hold office without a college education. Jackson owned slaves‚ many acres‚ and a mansion; he was a frontier aristocrat. He was a fierce military man who had headed the campaign to acquire Florida‚ and he was seen as a national hero. The Age of Common

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    Study Guide chapter 13

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    CHAPTER 13 The Rise of a Mass Democracy‚ 1824–1840 00001PART I: Reviewing the Chapter 00001A. 0Checklist of Learning Objectives After mastering this chapter‚ you should be able to: 10. Describe and explain the growth of Mass Democracy in the 1820s. 20. Indicate how the alleged corrupt bargain of 1824 and Adams’ unpopular presidency set the stage for Jackson’s election in 1828. 30. Analyze the celebration of Jackson’s victory in 1828 as a triumph of the New Democracy over the more restrictive

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    ANDREW JACKSON BIOGRAPHY

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    "Andrew Jackson‚ I am given to understand‚ was a patriot and a traitor. He was one of the greatest of generals‚ and wholly ignorant of the art of war. A writer brilliant‚ elegant‚ eloquent‚ and without being able to compose a correct sentence‚ or spell words of four syllables. The first of statesmen‚ he never devised‚ he never framed a measure. He was the most candid of men‚ and was capable of the profoundest dissimulation. A most law-defying‚ law-obeying citizen. A stickler for discipline‚ he never

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    years before Jackson became president. In the Election of 1824‚ Jackson had the most popular and electoral votes‚ but did not win the election. Because the vote was split four ways‚ he did not have the majority of the Electoral College and John Quincy Adam became president. Jackson supporters believed that voters were told to vote for Adams or Clay through secret political maneuvers. They accused them of making a "corrupt bargain." Adams and Jackson both ran for president again in the Election

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    Andrew Jackson: A War Hero

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    made the "war-ending" victory against the bristish in the Battle of New Orleans‚ which had really occurred two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent which truly eneded the war. Andrew JAckson had ran for president once before in 1824‚ but he lost to JOhn Quincy Adams‚ who won due to a "currupt bargain" in which one of the other candinates gave up his electoral votes to Adams. Jackson made no mistakes the second time alone where he helped bring along universal male suffrage‚ where males who didn’t own land

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    All questions courtesy of Houghton Mifflin’s The American Pageant Guidebook; A Manual For Students‚ Eleventh Edition‚ 1998 Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism‚ 1812-1824 True-False Where the statement is true‚ mark T. Where it is false‚ mark F‚ and correct it in the space immediately below. 1. Napoleon’s decision to repeal his blockage decrees in response to Macon’s Bill No. 2 demonstrated how he had been successfully manipulated by President Madison

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