Download or read book Daniel Webster and Jacksonian Democracy written by Sydney Nathans and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1973. Professor Nathans illuminates the changes wrought by Jacksonian democracy on the career of Daniel Webster, a major political figure, and on the destiny of a major political party, the Whigs. Daniel Webster was a creative anachronism in the Jacksonian era. His career illustrates the fate of a generation of American politicians, reared to rule in a traditional world of defined social classes where gentlemen led and the masses followed. With extensive research into primary sources, Nathans interprets Webster as a leader in the older political tradition, hostile to permanent organized political parties and fearful of social strife that party conflict seemed to promote. He focuses on Webster's response to the rise of entrenchment of voter-oriented partisan politics. He analyzes Webster's struggle to survive, comprehend, and finally manipulate the new politics during his early opposition to Jackson; his roles in the Bank War and the nullification crisis; and the contest for leadership within the Whig Party from 1828 to 1844. Webster and the Whigs resisted and then belatedly attempted to answer the demands of the new egalitarian mass politics. When Webster failed as an apologist for government by the elite, he became a rhapsodist of American commercial enterprise. Seeking a new power base, he adapted his public style to the standards of simplicity and humility that the voters seemed to reward. Nathans shows, however, that Webster developed a realistic vision of the common bonds of Jacksonian society—of the basis for community—that would warrant anew the trust needed for the kind of leadership he offered. The meaning of Webster's career lies in these attempts to bridge the old and new politics, but his attempt was doomed to ironic and revealing failure. Nathans studies Webster's impact on the Whig party, showing that his influence was strong enough to thwart the ambitions of his rivals Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun but not strong enough to achieve his own aspirations. Nathans argues that Webster, through his efforts to increase his authority within the party, merely revealed his true weakness as a sectional leader. His successful blocking of Clay and Calhoun brought about a deadlock that significantly hastened the transfer of power to men more committed to strong party organization and more talented at voter manipulation. Webster's dilemma was the crisis of an entire political generation reared for a traditional world and forced to function in a modern one.
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Download or read book The Union at Risk written by Richard E. Ellis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989-12-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 is undeniably the most important major event of Andrew Jackson's two presidential terms. Attempting to declare null and void the high tariffs enacted by Congress in the late 1820s, the state of South Carolina declared that it had the right to ignore those national laws that did not suit it. Responding swiftly and decisively, Jackson issued a Proclamation reaffirming the primacy of the national government and backed this up with a Force Act, allowing him to enforce the law with troops. Although the conflict was eventually allayed by a compromise fashioned by Henry Clay, the Nullification Crisis raises paramount issues in American political history. The Union at Risk studies the doctrine of states' rights and illustrates how it directly affected national policy at a crucial point in 19th-century politics. Ellis also relates the Nullification Crisis to other major areas of Jackson's administration--his conflict with the National Bank, his Indian policy, and his relationship with the Supreme Court--providing keen insight into the most serious sectional conflict before the Civil War.
Download or read book The Politics of Individualism written by Lawrence Frederick Kohl and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-02-07 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifty years following the Revolution, America's population nearly quadrupled, its boundaries expanded, industrialization took root in the Northeast, new modes of transportation flourished, state banks proliferated and offered easy credit to eager entrepreneurs, and Americans found themselves in the midst of an accelerating age of individualism, equality, and self-reliance. To the Jacksonian generation, it seemed as if their world had changed practically overnight. The Politics of Individualism looks at the political manifestations of these staggering social transformations. During the 1830s and 1840s, Americans were consumed by politics and party loyalties were fierce. Here, Kohl draws on the political rhetoric found in speeches, newspapers, periodicals, and pamphlets to place the Democrats and the Whigs in a solid social and psychological context. He contends that the political division between these two parties reflected the division between Americans unsettled by the new individualistic social order and those whose character allowed them to strive more confidently within it. Democrats, says Kohl, were more "tradition-directed," bound to others in more personal ways; Whigs, on the other hand, were more "inner-directed" and embraced the impersonal, self-interested relationships of a market society. By examining this fascinating dialogue of parties, Kohl brings us bright new insight into the politics and people of Jacksonian America.
Download or read book The Age of Jackson written by Robert Vincent Remini and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire 1800 1851 written by Donald B. Cole and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Age of Jackson, New Hampshire was the one New England state that was consistently and firmly Democratic. In this book, Donald Cole points out the significant influence of New Hampshire Democrats on the national Jacksonian movement an influence far out of proportion to the size of the state. Historians of the "consensus" school have theorized that Jacksonian Democracy bore little resemblance to Jeffersonian Republicanism, that Democrats differed little from their political opponents, and that issues were of no great significance in party politics. Mr. Cole differs sharply with these views. Analyzing the careers of Isaac Hill and Levi Woodbury, together the nucleus of the New Hampshire Jacksonian movement, he traces the continuous development of issues to show that in New Hampshire the Democratic Party of 1830 descended directly from the Republican Party of 1800. The author makes use of ample statistical evidence and traditional secondary sources to show that Jacksonian Democracy in New Hampshire appealed particularly to the common man. Radically different socioeconomic groups supported the two parties in the election of 1832. Democrats came from the poor, hilly, remote farming villages, while National Republicans inhabited the larger, more accessible and more prosperous communities. Donald B. Cole was Instructor in History, The Phillips Exeter Academy. He is the author of Handbook of American History, The Presidency of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren and the American Political System.
Download or read book Select Speeches of Daniel Webster 1817 1845 written by Daniel Webster and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jacksonian Era written by Robert V. Remini and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a look at the social, cultural, and political climate of the era, including discussion of various reform, artistic, and religious movements.
Download or read book Daniel Webster written by Robert Vincent Remini and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monumental new biography, Robert V. Remini gives us a full life of Webster from his birth, early schooling, and rapid rise as a lawyer and politician in New Hampshire to his equally successful career in Massachusetts where he moved in 1816. Remini treats both the man and his time as they tangle in issues such as westward expansion, growth of democracy, market revolution, slavery and abolitionism, the National Bank, and tariff issues. Webster's famous speeches are fully discussed as are his relations with the other two of the "great triumvirate", Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. Throughout, Remini pays close attention to Webster's personal life - perhaps more than Webster would have liked - his relationships with family and friends, and his murky financial dealings with men of wealth and influence.
Download or read book Jacksonian Democracy His Policies and their Long Term Economic Effects on the US Economy Grade 7 American History written by Baby Professor and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the era of Andrew Jackson with this Grade 7 American History book, essential for understanding his policies and their long-term economic impacts on the U.S. Ideal for teachers, homeschooling parents, and librarians, this resource covers critical policies like the Indian Removal Act, the dissolution of the Second Bank, and the nullification crisis, highlighting how these actions shaped the nation's economic future. Perfect for integrating into the US STEM curriculum, it provides critical insights into the complexities of historical economic decisions. Add this to your collection for a comprehensive understanding of Jacksonian Democracy.
Download or read book The Jacksonian era written by Robert Vincent Remini and published by Harlan Davidson. This book was released on 1989 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech of Hon Daniel Webster on Mr Clay s Resolutions written by Daniel Webster and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reign of Andrew Jackson written by Frederic Austin Ogg and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Age of Jackson abridged written by Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chronicles of America Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism written by Richard N. Current and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jacksonian Era 1828 1848 written by Glyndon Garlock Van Deusen and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives fresh insights into the personalities & intra-party struggles that divided both the Democrats & the Whigs during the Jacksonian Era.
