The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... West . There was a brief , fierce struggle to determine whether the inevitable changes should be directed and controlled by statesmanship , or whether they were to grow haphazard . The triumph of Jack- sonian democracy meant that the ...
... West . There was a brief , fierce struggle to determine whether the inevitable changes should be directed and controlled by statesmanship , or whether they were to grow haphazard . The triumph of Jack- sonian democracy meant that the ...
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... West ' ) the leaders did not see that anything was needed in its place . Once the tyrannous , interfering notions of Adams had been put down , democracy would ensue and democracy was felt to be the perfect government . This point of ...
... West ' ) the leaders did not see that anything was needed in its place . Once the tyrannous , interfering notions of Adams had been put down , democracy would ensue and democracy was felt to be the perfect government . This point of ...
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A Study in Democracy Herbert Agar. the other forgot its fears and offered the West this enormous bribe in return for its support . Meanwhile , in 1841 , Henry Clay put through a halfway measure which temporarily placated the West - a ...
A Study in Democracy Herbert Agar. the other forgot its fears and offered the West this enormous bribe in return for its support . Meanwhile , in 1841 , Henry Clay put through a halfway measure which temporarily placated the West - a ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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