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Expansion and Conflict

Expansion and Conflict

Dodd, William Edward

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19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 8087208455
ISBN13: 9788087208458
Publisher: Page of Life
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

E xpansion and Conflict by William Edward Dodd is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume delves into the transformative events and social dynamics that shaped the United States, particularly from the 1820s through the Civil War, emphasizing sectional conflicts, political rivalries, and the evolving American identity. The author examines key figures and themes, notably focusing on Andrew Jackson's presidency and the conflicting interests of different regions, such as the emerging West and the established East and South. The opening of the book introduces the author's thesis that a cohesive national identity emerged only after the Civil War, exploring the political turmoil and economic transformations that preceded it. Dodd outlines Jackson's rise as a populist figure representing the interests of the West in opposition to the elitist political structures of the East. He details Jackson's early life, his military exploits, and the emergence of the Democratic Party, setting the stage for the dramatic political landscape of the era. As the narrative unfolds, the stage is set for the conflicts that would arise from competing sectional interests, tariffs, and the struggle for power between Jacksonian democracy and the traditional political order.L et the people rule-such was the reply that Andrew Jackson made to the coalition of Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams which made the latter President. And Andrew Jackson was an interesting man in 1825. He was to be the leader of the great party of the West which was forming for the overthrow of the old political and social order. Born in a cabin on the southern frontier in1767 and reared in the midst of poverty during the hard times of the Revolution, Jackson had had little opportunity to acquire the education and polish which so distinguished the leaders of the old Jeffersonian party. After a season of teaching school and studying law in Salisbury, North Carolina, he emigrated, in 1788, to Tennessee, where he soon became a successful attorney, and a few years later a United States Senator. But public life in Philadelphia proved as unattractive as school-teaching had been; he returned to the frontier life of his adopted State and was speedily made a judge, and as such he sometimes led posses to enforce his decrees. During the second war with England he made a brilliant campaign against the Creek Indians, who had sided with the British, and gained the reputation of being the mortal enemy of the aborigines, a reputation which added greatly to his

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