The birth of modern politics : Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828 / by Lynn Hudson Parsons.

The birth of modern politics : Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828 / by Lynn Hudson Parsons.

The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwesetern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as...

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Main Author: Parsons, Lynn H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Pivotal moments in American history.
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845.
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1828.
Political campaigns > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Political parties > United States > History > 19th century.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
Genre/Form:Biography, Biographies
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