John Quincy Adams' Adminstration
The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams
in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament
and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts,
in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's
Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe,
he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist.
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Lesson Plans | Primary
Sources |
Lesson Plans:
Amistad Slave Ship Mock Trials - Students will use primary documents
to study the trials as a search for evidence and for justice. They
will gain skills in public speakingand in organizing, reconciling,
and critically evaluating various accounts and versions of the story.
Additionally, they will explore 19th century law, both national and
international.
The Election is in the House: The Presidential Election of 1824
- The presidential election of 1824 represents a watershed in American
politics. The collapse of the Federalist Party and the illness of
the "official candidate" of the Democratic-Republicans led
to a slate of candidates who were all Democratic-Republicans. This
led to the end of the Congressional Caucus system for nominating candidates,
and eventually, the development of a new two-party system in the United
States.
Like Father Like Son: Presidential Families - How unusual is it
that a father and son become President of the United States? How often
has this happened? Who were the families? Understand the role of the
President of the United States and symbols of the presidency in the
present.
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The
Election is in the House: The Presidential Election of 1824 -
The presidential election of 1824 represents a watershed in American
politics. The collapse of the Federalist Party and the illness of
the "official candidate" of the Democratic-Republicans led
to a slate of candidates who were all Democratic-Republicans. This
led to the end of the Congressional Caucus system for nominating candidates,
and eventually, the development of a new two-party system in the United
States. (
map
of the election of 1824)
Primary Source Documents:
John
Quincy Adams: Our President's Adolescence - featuring ordinary
and extraoridinary letters, diary entries, and parental advice from
his father John Adams. At the center of the curriculum (or independent
study) unit that follows is a series of primary documents, letters
and diary entries selected from JQA’s first two decades. Each
of the ten sections—which can be used singly, in any combination,
or together.
John
Quincy Adams returns from Paris - Primary source letter from father
John Adams to son John Quincy Adams during a diplomatic visit to France.
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