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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... side by side with a capitalistic aristocracy of ' paper and patronage , more numerous , more burdensome , unexposed to public jealousy by the badge of title , and not too honourable or high - spirited to use and serve executive power ...
... side by side with a capitalistic aristocracy of ' paper and patronage , more numerous , more burdensome , unexposed to public jealousy by the badge of title , and not too honourable or high - spirited to use and serve executive power ...
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... side by side , half slave and half free , indefinitely . They were divided by economic interests , but this division was not aggravated by the slave question . However , as soon as westward expansion became a formidable movement , two ...
... side by side , half slave and half free , indefinitely . They were divided by economic interests , but this division was not aggravated by the slave question . However , as soon as westward expansion became a formidable movement , two ...
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... side by side ; they had to divide them , State by State . These problems were presented in an acute form in 1819 , when Missouri applied for admission to the Union with a constitution favouring slavery . Missouri lay almost wholly north ...
... side by side ; they had to divide them , State by State . These problems were presented in an acute form in 1819 , when Missouri applied for admission to the Union with a constitution favouring slavery . Missouri lay almost wholly north ...
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WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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