Andrew Jackson.9780805069259 Andrew Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. . Wilentz, Sean. Times Books 2005 195 pages $20.00 Hardcover The American presidents
E382 Would ordinary citizens have survived the beginnings of modernity without Jackson as their champion? Wilentz (history, Princeton Princeton, borough (1990 pop. 12,016) and surrounding township (1990 pop. 13,198), Mercer co., W central N.J.; settled late 1600s, borough inc. 1813, township est. 1838. A leading education center, it is the seat of Princeton Univ. U.) understands this question is far too simple to do justice to the seventh president, a complex man with complex politics. Made famous by his exploits as a general whose biggest battle was fought because the technology did not then exist to inform him the war was over, Jackson's political career was even more charged, starting with his defeat by John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election, although Jackson won the popular vote. He riled rile tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. [Variant of roil.] Adj. 1. up abolitionists as a slaveholder and slaveholders as a foe of states' rights states' rights, in U.S. history, doctrine based on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. , ticked off investors as a bank reformer whose efforts led to wild speculation, and turned out to be one of the best friends but worst enemies of the era's Native Americans. Elegantly, Wilentz makes Jackson accessible. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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