USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While a member of the Senate, Adams served as a professor of logic at Brown University and as the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University.

Detailed explanation-2: -Following his presidency, John Quincy Adams returned to Congress, serving nearly 17 years in the House of Representatives, where he earned the nickname “Old Man Eloquent.” Adams suffered a stroke and died in the U.S. Capitol on February 23, 1848.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and built up the Army and Navy in the undeclared naval war (called the “Quasi-War") with France. During his term, he became the first president to reside in the executive mansion now known as the White House.

Detailed explanation-4: -With his retirement from public office, John and Abigail finally obtained the homelife that she had always wanted. They lived at Peacefield, their family farm in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.