{"product_id":"2940013469013","title":"AMERICAN LEADERS","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_ANDREW JACKSON_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePERSONAL POLITICS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly life of Jackson\u003cbr\u003eStudies law\u003cbr\u003ePopularity and personal traits\u003cbr\u003eSent to Congress\u003cbr\u003eA judge in Tennessee\u003cbr\u003eMajor-general of militia\u003cbr\u003eIndian fighter and duellist\u003cbr\u003eThe Creek war\u003cbr\u003eTecumseh\u003cbr\u003eMassacre at Fort Mims\u003cbr\u003eJackson made major-general of the regular army\u003cbr\u003eThe Creek war\u003cbr\u003eAt Pensacola\u003cbr\u003eAt Mobile\u003cbr\u003eAt New Orleans\u003cbr\u003eThe battle of New Orleans\u003cbr\u003eEffect of his successes\u003cbr\u003eThe Seminole war\u003cbr\u003eJackson as governor of Florida\u003cbr\u003eSenator in Congress\u003cbr\u003ePresident James Monroe\u003cbr\u003ePresident John Quincy Adams\u003cbr\u003eElection of Jackson as president\u003cbr\u003eJackson's speeches\u003cbr\u003eCabinet\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Kitchen Cabinet\"\u003cbr\u003eSystem of appointments\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Spoils System\"\u003cbr\u003eHostile giants in the Senate\u003cbr\u003eJackson's opposition to tariffs\u003cbr\u003eFinancial policy\u003cbr\u003eThe democracy hostile to a money power\u003cbr\u003eWar on the United States Bank\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Biddle\u003cbr\u003eIsaac Hill and Secretary Ingham\u003cbr\u003eOpposition to the re-charter of the bank\u003cbr\u003eThe President's veto\u003cbr\u003eRemoval of deposits\u003cbr\u003eJackson's high-handed measures\u003cbr\u003eThe mania for speculation\u003cbr\u003e\"Pet Banks\"\u003cbr\u003eCommercial distress\u003cbr\u003eNullification\u003cbr\u003eSale of public lands\u003cbr\u003eJohn C. Calhoun\u003cbr\u003eThe president's proclamation against the nullifiers\u003cbr\u003eCompromise tariff\u003cbr\u003eMorgan and anti-masonry\u003cbr\u003ePrivate life of Jackson\u003cbr\u003eHis public career\u003cbr\u003eEventful administration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_HENRY CLAY_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMPROMISE LEGISLATION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirth and education\u003cbr\u003eStudies law\u003cbr\u003eFavorite in society\u003cbr\u003eSettles in Lexington, Ky.\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbed in politics\u003cbr\u003eMarriage; personal appearance\u003cbr\u003eMember of Congress\u003cbr\u003eSpeaker of the House\u003cbr\u003eAdvocates war with Great Britain\u003cbr\u003eHis speeches\u003cbr\u003eComparison with Webster\u003cbr\u003ePeace commissioner at Ghent\u003cbr\u003eReturns to Lexington\u003cbr\u003eRe-elected speaker\u003cbr\u003eThe tariff question\u003cbr\u003eThe tariff of 1816\u003cbr\u003eThe charter of the United States Bank\u003cbr\u003eBeginning of slavery agitation\u003cbr\u003eBeecher in England, on cotton as affecting slavery\u003cbr\u003eThe Missouri question\u003cbr\u003eClay as a pacificator\u003cbr\u003eInternal improvements\u003cbr\u003eGreek struggle for liberty\u003cbr\u003eTariff of 1824\u003cbr\u003eThe \"American system\"\u003cbr\u003eThe cotton lords\u003cbr\u003eClay's aspirations for the presidency\u003cbr\u003eHis competitors\u003cbr\u003eClay secretary of state for Adams\u003cbr\u003eJackson's administration\u003cbr\u003eClay as orator\u003cbr\u003eHis hatred of Jackson\u003cbr\u003eThe tariff of 1832\u003cbr\u003eThe compromise tariff of 1833\u003cbr\u003eClay again candidate for the presidency\u003cbr\u003ePolitical disappointments\u003cbr\u003eBursting of the money bubble\u003cbr\u003eHarrison's administration\u003cbr\u003eRepeal of the Sub-Treasury Act\u003cbr\u003eSlavery agitation\u003cbr\u003eAnnexation of Texas under Polk\u003cbr\u003eClay as pacificator of slavery agitation\u003cbr\u003eJohn C. Calhoun\u003cbr\u003eAnti-slavery leaders\u003cbr\u003ePassage of Clay's compromise bill of 1850\u003cbr\u003eFugitive-slave law\u003cbr\u003eClay's declining health\u003cbr\u003eDeath\u003cbr\u003eServices\u003cbr\u003eCharacter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_DANIEL WEBSTER_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AMERICAN UNION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral character and position of Webster\u003cbr\u003eBirth and early life\u003cbr\u003eBegins law-practice; enters Congress\u003cbr\u003eHis legal career\u003cbr\u003eHis oratory\u003cbr\u003eCongressional services; finance\u003cbr\u003eIndustrial questions\u003cbr\u003eDefender of the Constitution\u003cbr\u003eReply to Hayne of South Carolina\u003cbr\u003eWebster's ambition\u003cbr\u003eHis political relations to the South\u003cbr\u003eThe antislavery agitation\u003cbr\u003eWebster's 7th of March Speech\u003cbr\u003eHis loyalty to the Constitution and the Union\u003cbr\u003eHis political errors\u003cbr\u003eGreatness and worth of his career\u003cbr\u003eHis death\u003cbr\u003eHis defects of character\u003cbr\u003eHis counterbalancing virtues\u003cbr\u003ePermanence of his ideas and his fame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_JOHN C. CALHOUN_.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SLAVERY QUESTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRapid Rise of Calhoun\u003cbr\u003eEducation; lawyer; member of Congress\u003cbr\u003eEarly speeches\u003cbr\u003eHis enlightened mind\u003cbr\u003eSecretary of war\u003cbr\u003eCondition of the South\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun's dislike of Jackson\u003cbr\u003eThe tariff question\u003cbr\u003eBears heavily on the South\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun a defender of Southern interests\u003cbr\u003eNullification\u003cbr\u003eThe tariff of 1832\u003cbr\u003eClay's compromise bill\u003cbr\u003eJackson's war on the bank\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun in the Senate\u003cbr\u003eHis detestation of politics as a game\u003cbr\u003eLofty private life\u003cbr\u003eEarly speeches\u003cbr\u003eThe original abolitionists\u003cbr\u003eRadicalism\u003cbr\u003eNorthern lecturers\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun's foresight\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun as logician\u003cbr\u003eSouthern view of slavery\u003cbr\u003eAnti-slavery agitation\u003cbr\u003eSlavery in the District of Columbia\u003cbr\u003eJohn Quincy Adams and anti-slavery petitions\u003cbr\u003eSouthern opposition to them\u003cbr\u003eClay on petitions\u003cbr\u003eViolence of the abolitionists\u003cbr\u003eMisery of the slaves\u003cbr\u003eAdmission of Michigan and Arkansas into the Union\u003cbr\u003eTriumphs of the South\u003cbr\u003eGrowth of the abolitionists\u003cbr\u003e\"Dough-Faces\"\u003cbr\u003eTexan independence\u003cbr\u003eAnnexation of Texas\u003cbr\u003eThe Mexican war\u003cbr\u003eThe war of ideas\u003cbr\u003eProphetic utterances of Calhoun\u003cbr\u003eHis obstinacy and arrogance\u003cbr\u003eAdmission of California into the Union\u003cbr\u003eClay's concessions\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun dying\u003cbr\u003eCompromise bill\u003cbr\u003eCalhoun's career\u003cbr\u003eHis want of patriot","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145681748208,"sku":"2940013469013","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013469013","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}