His father the second president our country would know, the stage was set for John Quincy to lead a successful political career. ... Adams served as a law clerk while being trained as an attorney and, although he found he disliked practicing law, John Quincy opened a law office on Court Street in Boston in 1790. ... Adams believed in expansive and expensive changes in government, internal improvements which would bring high protective tariffs. ... Adams led a rather uneventful presidency, serving just one term as head of the nation, and being elected to the House of Representatives in 1830,...

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He went on to serve two terms as the seventh President of the U.S., leaving behind a legacy of administrative policy and even his own democratic philosophy. ... The plan to give the bank influence over the entire country's government completely backfired as Jackson was reelected. ... Any formalized rituals became illegal, as did tribal councils or any Indian attempt to set laws for themselves, as they had in the past. ... Any of those who willfully went out west were promised land and financial support from the federal government. ... They definitely feared large government, and power...

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Served as Secretary of State under Washington and Vice president under Madison. ... Served two terms (1800-1808) IV. Key issues prominent in Election- federal government vs. state's rights, westward expansion of the nation, Native Americans, the freedom of lower class white men. ... Madison (1803)- Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to review and invalidate government actions that conflict with the Constitution of the United States. ... Jefferson's main goals were to restore government to its...

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Washington defined the Presidency and helped develop the relationships among the three branches of government. He established precedents that successfully launched the new government on its course. ... A Presidential Proclamation declared Fort Wood (and the Statue of Liberty within it) a National Monument on October 15, 1924 and the boundary of the monument was set at the outer edge of Fort Wood. ...

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Jefferson laid the foundation of government. ... Thomas threw himself into lawmaking but this time it was for the national government. Within the two years that he was working for the government he wrote what some would consider the most meaningful state papers ever written. ... On Government for the Western Territory, the basic document for the growth of the United States. 2. ... In 1804 Jefferson was elected to serve another term. ...

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John Ferling helps us better understand the lives that these men led when they weren't fighting for independence or working hard to establish a lasting government. ... Washington, however, continued to obey the weak and divided Continental Congress, but never ceased to work for the union of the states under a strong central government. ... In 1776 John Adams served on the same committee as Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. ... Finally after close to three years of war Jefferson came out to serve as governor of Virginia in 1779. ... Their passion for independence a...

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On April 29, the U.S. envoys agreed to pay a total of $15 million to France; about $3,750,000 of this sum covered claims of U.S. citizens against France, which the U.S. government agreed to discharge. ... Although the Constitution did not specifically empower the federal government to acquire new territory by treaty and despite his contention that the Constitution must be interpreted strictly, he felt that the benefits far outweighed the possible violation of the Constitution (Carson 452). ... The final boundaries of the territory were not settled for many years, since the treaty did not se...

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Human cruelty was to be overcome by the use of social improvements and government structures. ... They also felt that knowledge was the key, and science could serve the people. ... As the mothers raised their children, the children grew up with the idea that they were set into one certain lifestyle based upon their gender. ...

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The same is true for some white indentured servants but at least with the whites most of the time they were set free and able to take land ownership. ... But the third runaway received the most severe punishment shall serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural Life here or elsewhere " (55). ... It is just awful that the white people of government treated both people of servitude with such great diversity just because of the color of their skin. ...

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Mount Rushmore has served as a patriotic symbol that stands for America's freedom and history. These individuals have also set the standards for our country that have helped with the judicial system and setting morals for citizens to live by. ... At first Borglum had his eyes set on the highest mountain east of the Rockies which was called Harney Peak (Cohen 7). ... Once he set eyes on the mountain, he knew that was the site for the enormous project. ...

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