This series has eight easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Importance of O’Connell.IntroductionScarcely less important in
Consequences of the Spoils System
Today's installment concludes Andrew Jackson Becomes President,our selection from Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton published in 1860.If
Jackson Begins Spoils System
Partisan services should be rewarded by public office, though it involved the removal from office of competent and faithful incumbents.Continuing
Appointment Policy Before Jackson
It is delightful to observe with what a scrupulous conscientiousness the early Presidents of this Republic disposed of the places in their
Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration
From the many rash and careless remarks of General Jackson some readers have inferred that the General was not, at all times, master of his
Andrew Jackson Becomes President
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Election of 1828.IntroductionAndrew Jackson was the quintessential
First Commercial Railroad Engine
Today's installment concludes The First Railroad,our selection from The Life of George Stephenson by Samuel Smiles published in 1857.If you have
The Great Competition Begins
The ground on which the engines were to be tried was a level piece of railroad, about two miles in length.Continuing The First Railroad,our
Developing The Rocket’s Engine
When the Rocket was finished, it was placed upon the Killingworth Railway for the purpose of experiment.Continuing The First Railroad,our