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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... created a National Bank , with stock three - fourths of which consisted of subscriptions in the recently funded six per cent securities , and one - fourth in specie ; ( c ) he adopted a system of protective tariffs in the interests of ...
... created a National Bank , with stock three - fourths of which consisted of subscriptions in the recently funded six per cent securities , and one - fourth in specie ; ( c ) he adopted a system of protective tariffs in the interests of ...
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... created a demand for similar concessions in the older States , and it was clear that the demand would not be resisted . As more and more democratically governed Western States joined the Union , the little group of seaboard republics ...
... created a demand for similar concessions in the older States , and it was clear that the demand would not be resisted . As more and more democratically governed Western States joined the Union , the little group of seaboard republics ...
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... creating a dual executive , one President elected by the North and one by the South , and each with a legislative veto ... created a new Northwest , tied to the Northeast by lines of commerce and by a common aversion to the ' peculiar ...
... creating a dual executive , one President elected by the North and one by the South , and each with a legislative veto ... created a new Northwest , tied to the Northeast by lines of commerce and by a common aversion to the ' peculiar ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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