When that party disappeared in the early 1850s, the Republican Party, giving the U.S. the basic political structure that survives to this day, soon replaced it. ... John Quincy Adams was probably the man who personified that transition, having served in a variety of public offices for most of his life during a career that went back to his father's time, but in the election of 1828 he was criticized for that fact: the notion of a professional politician still did not sit well with many (Garraty 240). ... However, during his two terms as President, Andrew Jackson made a number of changes a...

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Moreover, this ook stresses the immortal fact that Jackson's private life had as much irony and agony as his political/outside life did. With those factors understood, Jackson's life and the times he lived in, will become clear to all. ... So, how, in fact, does a man that receives less education than the average American at that time, not to mention the likes of John Adams or Thomas Jefferson, be, in the many historians minds, greater than Adams or Jefferson? ... Luckily for Jackson, his stealth saved him from certain death, but leaving him with scars on his left hand...

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