Biographical Story of the Constitution a Study of the Growth of the American Un
Biographical Story of the Constitution a Study of the Growth of the American Un
Edward C Edward Charles Elliott
The book Biographical Story of the Constitution a Study of the Growth of the American Un was written by author Edward C Edward Charles Elliott Here you can read free online of Biographical Story of the Constitution a Study of the Growth of the American Un book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Biographical Story of the Constitution a Study of the Growth of the American Un a good or bad book?
What reading level is Biographical Story of the Constitution a Study of the Growth of the American Un book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Q. Adams had joined the Democratic-Republicans, but the anti-Jackson men, the men whom Clay led, and the Adams administration stood for the same gen- eral principles and policies that had characterized Hamilton. Jackson's fiercest fight was against the Bank of the United States; not the original bank whose legality Hamilton had so warmly defended and Jefferson as warmly attacked, but another on the same plan that the Democratic-Republicans had been forced to charter in 1816. Jackson's second ad...mini- Andrew Jackson 161 stration became on the surface almost a fight between the classes, a fight between the rich and the poor. Certain it is that the body of the people was made to feel that it was a death struggle with the money- power which had not yet acquired the title of Wall Street; that unless " Nick" Biddle and his infamous institution were destroyed, the national life would be corrupted beyond hope and republican government would disappear, a prey to plutocracy. Against this dreadful calamity it was every plain man's duty to take his stand behind the banner of General Jackson.
User Reviews: