James Madison was born in 1751 in Virginia and was educated at Princeton. He had a career in politics, serving in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress. Madison helped draft the U.S. Constitution and was instrumental in its ratification, authoring The Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. He believed in a strong central government and was a founding father and key adviser to George Washington.
Covers key events in the presidency of Andrew Jackson, including the Tariff of Abominations, the Tariff of 1832, the Nullification Crisis of 1833, and Jackson's opposition to the National Bank.
Covers key events in the presidency of John Adams, including the Quasi-War, the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the development of strict constructionist and broad constructionist interpretations of the United States Constitution.
Covers the end of the Reconstruction Era, focusing on the Compromise of 1877, the rise of the Democratic Redeemers, the Colfax Massacre, the Battle of Liberty Place, the beginning of Southern segregation under the Jim Crow laws, and the establishment of Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute.
Covers key events in the presidency of Andrew Jackson, including the Tariff of Abominations, the Tariff of 1832, the Nullification Crisis of 1833, and Jackson's opposition to the National Bank.
Covers key events in the presidency of John Adams, including the Quasi-War, the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the development of strict constructionist and broad constructionist interpretations of the United States Constitution.
Covers the end of the Reconstruction Era, focusing on the Compromise of 1877, the rise of the Democratic Redeemers, the Colfax Massacre, the Battle of Liberty Place, the beginning of Southern segregation under the Jim Crow laws, and the establishment of Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute.
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Leadership presentation, illustrated and documented.
Sources, references and bibliography mentioned in the scope of the presentation.
Covers key info for Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Mason, as well as VA Declaration of Rights and VA Statute for Religious Freedom. Also includes info on the expansion of VA's agricultural base after the Revolutionary War.
Three diagrams that chart the Evolution of the Political Parties.
First party system (1792–1820) Source
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/5123
Antebellum Political parties (1820–1860) Source
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/12357
Early 20th Century Political parties (1896–1929) Source
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/13939
The third chart (1896-1929) was edited to include additional labels. Textual data was lost in the edit. See source link for original pdf file with textual data intact.
An indepth study of these two groups with compare and contrast slides as well as practice test questions. Well worth a look for those studying this time period. From a National Hall of Fame Teacher.
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States of America - TS Hist...TS Historical
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–81) was the 19th president of the United States of America. He worked as a lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio, wherein he defended clients in numerous instances involving runaway slaves and joined the fledgling Republican Establishment. He participated in the U.S. Legislature after being in combat in the Union army during the American Civil Army (1865–67).
3. Background
Born 3-16-1751
Born near Port Conway Virginia
Family were tobacco farmers
Owned an estate called Montpelier
4. Education
Sent to boarding school at an early age
Due to concerns about illness did not
attend William & Mary University
Attended Princeton (at the time known as
the College of New Jersey)
Studied Law and other liberal arts
5. Career
James Madison might be the first
American career politician
Was a land owner but had little business
interests
Held a variety of public offices in Virginia
6. Pre-Constitution Politics
Served as Virginia state legislator (1776-
79)
Youngest member of the Continental
Congress
Elected again to the Virginia House of
Delegates in 1784
7. Father of the Constitution
Madison was frustrated with the inaugural
form of American Government
Pushed for a new system with Hamilton,
Jay, Jefferson (through dialogue), and
others
“Mastermind” behind the Virginia Plan
8. Philadelphia Convention
Present every day of the convention
Kept meticulous notes
Spoke nearly 200 times
Helped convince Washington to attend
9. The Federalist Papers
Helped John Jay and Alexander Hamilton
write the Federalist Papers
Believed to be responsible for papers: 10,
14, 37–58 and 62–63
10. Founding Father
Was a framer
Glue that held together many relationships
Advisor to Washington
Colleague to Hamilton
Confidant of Jefferson
Adversary of Patrick Henry
11. Political Views
Was a Federalist
Believedin a strong central government
Long time proponent of religious freedom
Founder of the modern day Democratic Party
12. Politics
Had a contentious relationship with other
founders at times
Became a political enemy of Alexander
Hamilton later in life
Patrick Henry tried to exclude him from the
ratification process
