JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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Made Territory Smaller and Increased Security
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Expanded Territory and Lowered Security
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Made Territory Smaller and Lowered Security
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Expanded Territory and Increased Security
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Detailed explanation-1: -Quincy Adams, a New Englander, voted for the Louisiana Purchase when he was a member of the Senate. And then, as James Monroe’s secretary of state, he negotiated the Transcontinental Treaty with Spain, a pact which transferred Florida and vast portions of the trans-Mississippi West to the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -He played a major role in formulating the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European nations not to meddle in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. He also negotiated the Adams-Onís Treaty with Spain, which extended U.S. boundaries to the Pacific Ocean and ceded Florida to the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the son of John Adams, John Quincy knew most of the other Founders, including George Washington, and he had an abiding belief in the virtue of their handiwork.
Detailed explanation-4: -A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movement for independence. During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace.