Martin Van Buchanan Analysis

Although that was the case, many state that there was never a man so loved among so many people, due to his excellent moral character. When it came down to his political beliefs on government, it is said that he was much like the other federalist in the sense that he believed man was prone to sin, the need for a constitution in government, the dangers of democracy, etc. the one point where there was a difference of opinions between him and fellow federalists, was in the leadership of the federalist party. While he knew of the many strengths, he saw the many weaknesses as well that could hinder such a party. (Douglass 1959, pages

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt are very influential individuals in the political development of the United States of America and are key to the history of the US. There are several differences and similarities between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt.

After the conclusion of America’s Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln pitched the idea of “Reconstruction,” which would bring the southern states back into the Union. President Lincoln, according to many radical Republicans, was too gentle on the south. The government was divided on how to solve the issue of readmitting the southern states back into the Union. In addition to that, the government was not certain on what rights to enumerate to the newly emancipated slaves. These issues became more difficult to solve after President Lincoln was murdered. Lincoln’s successor, Vice President Andrew Johnson, was a Tennessee Democrat that lacked respect of the Republican Congress. The legislative and executive branches of the American government

Abraham Lincoln started all that before he was in office, so imagine what he did when he became president of the United States. When Lincoln was elected there was a long series of policy clashes between the South and the North. The clash wasn’t just about slavery. It was a clash of elites. The Northern elite wanted economic expansion. Such as, free land; free labor, free market, and much more. Lincoln had all of this in mind, even the slaves. The slaves saw Lincoln as their ticket to freedom. The South was for slavery, so when they notice Lincoln was trying to abolish slavery they started to secede from the union. Lincoln tried to get some of the states back and more seceded. The confederacy was formed; the civil war was on.

     The Republicans and Democrats didn’t really have strong opposing beliefs during this period. The Republicans supported high tariffs and sound money. The Democrats supported lower tariffs and expanded currency. Both rural and urban classes supported each party. They worked with spoils and local issues. Both

Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay came from very similar backgrounds, yet they considered each other total opposites in regard to politics and morals. Both men became the leaders of two political parties: The Democrats, headed by Jackson, and the Whigs, headed by Clay. The main topics of debate between Jackson, Clay and their respective parties focused their arguments on the core principals of Clay’s American system, which were subsidies for internal improvements, protective tariffs and most importantly, the National Bank. The two men also had different ways of handling the Nullification Crisis. The debates of these two men impacted the still young nation by bringing up the struggles between democracy and development.

Just as Northerners saw flaws in the Constitution, Southerners viewed it not to be perfect as well. President James Buchanan, a northern man with southern sympathies clarified, “As sovereign states, they and they alone, are responsible before God and the world for the slavery existing among them” (Document G). However, In Doc B, an anonymous writer defends the state’s rights that the constitution should protect slavery where it exists. The union will fall apart unless these rights are protected.

James Madison and Andrew Jackson are some of America’s greatest presidents. They both did great things including being one of the Founding Fathers and being the most famous and well-known war hero of their time. James Madison and Andrew Jackson have many similarities and differences. For example, both of them served time in the military and they also both agreed with the removal of Native Americans. One of their major differences is that James Madison was born into a rich plantation owning family while Andrew Jackson was born into poverty. Through the information in this essay, you will see they also had alike and different ideas and personalities.

When Abraham Lincoln gave his Cooper Union Address it is doubtful that he knew its impact on the country and ultimately the future of the Union. In his Cooper Union Address, future president Abraham Lincoln thoroughly rebuked the southern Democrats Stephen A. Douglas’ statements about the Republicans’ slavery stance by using not only the oppositions wording against them, he supported his arguments with true examples sited from the signatories of the Constitution and their past voting record, from information gleaned during his career as a lawyer, and from his sense of honor and ethics. Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party had some very strong constituents, mainly those with very strong Free Soil tendencies. For this reason along with personal beliefs on Lincoln’s part the Republicans, led by Lincoln in the presidential election, were strongly against the expansion of slavery into the territories

Most of these men lived up in the North. Federalists were arrogant men and viewed the common man should be led by the elite of society because men behaved selfishly on their own (Rossiter). Anti-Federalists, would later become the Democratic Republicans, belonged in the working class that did not enjoy the success their counterpart did. Unlike the Federalists, Democratic Republicans believed in the common man. They argued that men, as long as they are well educated, would be fine without the guidance of the government and would make the right decisions when it came to electing officials (Onuf 674). With the creation of these two parties, a focus on a particular region and type of person had begun. Each political party had an agenda and each side fought to dictate policies that would benefit their people. As political parties rose, so did sectionalism. Instead of looking for solutions for the whole country, each political party was trying to resolve issues that would accommodate their respective region. George Washington noticed this during his tenure as president. On his way out of office he wrote his Farewell Address to his fellow Americans, notifying them that he will no longer be president after his current term and followed it with a couple political warnings. In clairvoyant fashion, Washington stated that political parties could disrupt the Union, since they tend to, “acquire influence within particular districts [and] misrepresent the

In the late 1800’s, slavery was a very controversial topic in the United States. There was no peace about it. Slavery caused families to split, and brothers to kill one another. With feelings so strong on this topic, it was extremely difficult to please both sides – the North and the South. This was especially difficult when running for president. Many strategies were tested, but only a few prevailed. Some candidates thought it would be best to let the people decide whether or not their state was pro or anti-slavery. One candidate did not take much of a stand for either side. Presidents Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan all made it to the White House, but did not leave much of a legacy do to their stances on slavery.

George Washington, one of our founding fathers as well as America’s first president, during his time in office created a group of advisors or his Cabinet. Within his cabinet, he had secretaries. Two of his secretaries, the Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson - and the Secretary of Treasury - Alexander Hamilton - had different views on how to run the United States. They both believed that their way of running the country is the best way. Thomas Jefferson’s views were based on the United States to be a country of farming and Alexander Hamilton’s views were based on the United States to be a country of industrialization.

Lincoln suggests that the institution of slavery be contained by preventing the spread of it to the new territories and Free states, although he had no interest in interfering with the already entitled slave states. He agrees that it was the right of the state to make its own decisions, not the federal government. Although Lincoln did not favor getting involved with abolishing slavery in the already declared slave states, he did favor total abolition in the distant future. He was first worried about stopping the expansion of slavery and then the next step to be taken would have been the "ultimate extinction" of it throughout the states. Lincoln did believe that every white man had no more equality than another. For this is one of the main reasons why at this time a resolution needed to be found in order to keep this equality in the new territories. Lincoln made a valid point in his speech that if slave holders were to settle in a new territory along with people opposed to slavery, which party has the right to decide what type of territory and future state it will be declared as? As for the rights of slaves, Lincoln agreed with Douglas that slaves did not have the same individual rights as everyone else, but he did believe that the liberties given under the Declaration of Independence involved such slaves. It is obvious that the Republicans of this time find slavery as being a "moral, social, and political wrong",

From the election of our third president Thomas Jefferson to the election of Honest Abe, the life between the North and the South differed tremendously. These disagreements resulted in tension between the two. Although they attempted to create togetherness with the Missouri Compromise, politically the Northern republicans who were for free states had difficulty agreeing with slave state ideas with the democratic southerners, economic wealth for the North was gained from manufacturing while the South’s wealth came from the manual labor of slaves, and socially North was positioned to abolish slavery but not segregation even though the South wanted both. These sentiments from both sides resulted in the beginnings of

I am doing the response on the practicum speaker for today (11/17/17) Matthew Vroman. He graduated from Bradley University in 2012 and went to L.A. and became a Technical Designer for an indie game studio known as F84 and for the most in the beginning part his days consisted of coding, designing, as well as dealing with other tasks such as meetings and customers. One thing that he spoke about the resonated and related with me was when he talked about his day in the life of Matthew Vroman. He talked about what his current tasks are after working with F84 games for the past five years compared to what his tasks were when he first started out. How he went from a less that managerial position and doing more “grunt” work too, after five years, being