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The Presidency of John Quincy Adams

Author : Mary W. M. Hargreaves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Presidency of John Quincy Adams written by Mary W. M. Hargreaves and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have not been generous in judging the presidency of John Quincy Adams. Those who have most conspicuously upheld Adams's fame have, at the same time, virtually ignored his service in the White House. Critics, on the other hand, have described his administration as a failure, founded upon "bargain and corruption" and marked by exclusion of the United States from the British West Indian trade, the ineffectiveness of its efforts to promote strong Pan-American relationships, and the enactment of the "tariff of abominations." Some analysts have even argued that it generated the sectionalism which terminated the "Era of Good Feelings." Mary Hargreaves contends, instead, that the basic effort of Adams's presidency was to harmonize divergent sectional interests. To ignore the Adams administration's commitment to nationalism, she argues, is to overlook a fundamental stage in the establishment of the federal government as guardian of the general interest. The volume contains new information on the development of United States commercial policy, the nation's early relationships with Latin America, and difficulties of local and regional adjustment to the growth of the national economy. It will be of keen interest to all students of the economic and political history of the early national period.

John Quincy Adams

Author : Paul C. Nagel
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307828190
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Paul C. Nagel and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives, Washington D.C.: Congressman John Quincy Adams, rising to speak, suddenly collapses at his desk; two days later, he dies in the Speaker’s chamber. The public mourning that followed, writes Paul C. Nagel, “exceeded anything previously seen in America. Forgotten was his failed presidency and his often cold demeanor. It was the memory of an extraordinary human being—one who in his last years had fought heroically for the right of petition and against a war to expand slavery—that drew a grateful people to salute his coffin in the Capitol and to stand by the railroad tracks as his bier was transported from Washington to Boston.” Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned many offices: minister to Holland, Russia, and England, U.S. senator, secretary of state, president of the United States (1825-1829), and, finally, U.S. representative (the only ex-president to serve in the House). On the basis of a thorough study of Adams’ seventy-year diary, among a host of other documents, the author gives us a richer account than we have yet had of JQA’s life—his passionate marriage to Louisa Johnson, his personal tragedies (two sons lost to alcoholism), his brilliant diplomacy, his recurring depression, his exasperating behavior—and shows us why, in the end, only Abraham Lincoln’s death evoked a great out-pouring of national sorrow in nineteenth-century America. We come to see how much Adams disliked politics and hoped for more from life than high office; how he sought distinction in literacy and scientific endeavors, and drew his greatest pleasure from being a poet, critic, translator, essayist, botanist, and professor of oratory at Harvard; how tension between the public and private Adams vexed his life; and how his frustration kept his masked and aloof (and unpopular). Nagel’s great achievement, in this first biography of America’s sixth president in a quarter century, is finally to portray Adams in all his talent and complexity.

John Quincy Adams

Author : Robert V. Remini
Publisher : Times Books
ISBN 13 : 1466871865
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Robert V. Remini and published by Times Books. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency. Chosen president by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive election against Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams often failed to mesh with the ethos of his era, pushing unsuccessfully for a strong, consolidated national government. Historian Robert V. Remini recounts how in the years before his presidency Adams was a shrewd, influential diplomat, and later, as a dynamic secretary of state under President James Monroe, he solidified many basic aspects of American foreign policy, including the Monroe Doctrine. Undoubtedly his greatest triumph was the negotiation of the Transcontinental Treaty, through which Spain acknowledged Florida to be part of the United States. After his term in office, he earned the nickname "Old Man Eloquent" for his passionate antislavery speeches.

John Quincy Adams

Author : Heidi M.D. Elston
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1098212029
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Heidi M.D. Elston and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography introduces readers to John Quincy Adams including his political career as a Massachusetts state senator, US senator, US secretary of state, minister to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain, and US president extending the Cumberland Road into Ohio. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

John Quincy Adams

Author : James Traub
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465028276
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by James Traub and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on Adams' diary, letters, and writings, chronicles the diplomat and president's numerous achievements and failures, revealing his unwavering moral convictions, brilliance, unyielding spirit, and political courage.

John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States

Author : Zachary Kent
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516013862
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States written by Zachary Kent and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1987 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening with an interest-grabbing introduction, each biography brings out the character of the man -- his early life and its influence on his political aspirations, his election, important events (both good and bad) that occurred during his presidency, and life after his term in office (if applicable).

John Quincy Adams

Author : Harlow G. Unger
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 030682129X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Harlow G. Unger and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a leading Founding Fathers historian, a masterful biography of a towering figure in the American nation's formative years.

First Son and President

Author : Beverly Gherman
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 0822563452
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book First Son and President written by Beverly Gherman and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s sixth president and son of America’s second president, John Quincy Adams lived an extraordinary life. Beginning as a young boy as secretary for his father during the peace talks that ended the Revolutionary War, Adams served his country as a diplomat, state senator, secretary of state, the president, and as a representative in congress. Through his many speeches, essays, books, and written reports, Adams helped shape America. Today, he is remembered as a great statesman, a scholar, and a poet, just as he hoped he would be.

John Quincy Adams

Author : John Torrey Morse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by John Torrey Morse and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States

Author : William Henry Seward
Publisher : Auburn [N.Y.] : Derby, Miller
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States written by William Henry Seward and published by Auburn [N.Y.] : Derby, Miller. This book was released on 1849 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a biography of John Quincy Adams, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.

John Quincy Adams

Author : Martha S. Hewson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438103077
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Martha S. Hewson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of John Quincy Adams, the only former president to serve in the United States House of Representatives, whose antislavery position led him to argue the Amistad case before the Supreme Court.

Memoirs of John Quincy Adams

Author : John Quincy Adams
Publisher : Books for Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of John Quincy Adams written by John Quincy Adams and published by Books for Libraries. This book was released on 1874 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

John Quincy Adams

Author : Fred Kaplan
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062199323
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Fred Kaplan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There is much to praise in this extensively researched book, which is certainly one of the finest biographies of a sadly underrated man. . . . [Kaplan is] a master historian and biographer. . . . If he could read this biography, Adams would be satisfied that he had been fairly dealt with at last.” —Carol Berkin, Washington Post In this fresh and illuminating biography, Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed author of Lincoln, brings into focus the dramatic life of John Quincy Adams—the little-known and much-misunderstood sixth president of the United States and the first son of John and Abigail Adams—and reveals how Adams' inspiring, progressive vision guided his life and helped shape the course of America. Kaplan draws on a trove of unpublished archival material to trace Adams' evolution from his childhood during the Revolutionary War to his brilliant years as Secretary of State to his time in the White House and beyond. He examines Adams' myriad sides: the public and private man, the statesman and writer, the wise thinker and passionate advocate, the leading abolitionist and fervent federalist. In these ways, Adams was a predecessor of Lincoln and, later, FDR and Obama. This sweeping biography makes clear how Adams' forward-thinking values, his definition of leadership, and his vision for the nation's future is as much about twenty-first-century America as it is about Adams' own time. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, John Quincy Adams paints a rich portrait of this brilliant leader and his vision for a young nation.

John Quincy Adams

Author : Lynn Hudson Parsons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780945612599
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Lynn Hudson Parsons and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was born in 1767, a subject of the British Empire, and died in 1848, a citizen of the United States and a member of Congress in company with Abraham Lincoln. In his dramatic career he had known George Washington and Benjamiin Franklin, La Fayette of France, Alexander I of Russia, and Castlereagh of Great Britain. He had both collaborated and quarrelled with Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster. In his lifetime Americans had fought for and established their independence, adopted a Constitution, fought two wars with Great Britain and one with Mexico. They had expanded south to the Rio Grande and west to the Pacific. At the time of his death, Adams was seen as a living connection between the present and past of the young republic and his passing severed one of the nation's last ties with its founding generation. As son of the second president of the United States, father of the minister to the Court of St. James, and grandfather to author Henry Adams, John Quincy Adams was part of an American dynasty. In his own career as secretary of state, President, senator, and congressman, Adams was as an actor in some of the most dramatic events of the nineteenth century. In this concise biography, Lynn Hudson Parsons masterfully chronicles the life of one of America's most absorbing figures. From the day in 1778 when, as a boy, he accompanied his father on a diplomatic mission to France, to his last years as an eloquent, cantankerous opponent of this country's foreign and domestic policies, Adams was rarely detached from public affairs. And yet, this biography reveals Adams as a man never truly at home anywhere--in Washington he was stubborn and reclusive, in Europe he was a phlegmatic ideologue, a bulldog among spaniels. His story parallels America's own.

Writings of John Quincy Adams

Author : John Quincy Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Writings of John Quincy Adams written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a selection of correspondence by Adams.

John Quincy Adams

Author : Gerry Souter
Publisher : Child's World
ISBN 13 : 9781567668469
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Gerry Souter and published by Child's World. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the life and times of John Quincy Adams.

The Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams

Author : Leonard L. Richards
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Congressman John Quincy Adams written by Leonard L. Richards and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This covers the lasts years of John Quincy Adams in his congressional career in great detail.