The 1833 presidency a turning point in American history
An essay reflects on 1833 as a year marking the first third of the twentieth century’s vantage point, contrasting it with 1893 and 1933. It highlights Andrew Jackson’s 1828 election as a democratic revolution and cites Frederic Austin Ogg’s praise of Jackson in The Chronicles of America.
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White House
Andrew Jackson
Frederic Austin Ogg
Yale University Press
Jackson
Benton
Jefferson
John Adams
Madison
John K .Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
America
Honesdale
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Presidents and the Jacksonian Era
The piece discusses Andrew Jackson as the first Democratic President and contrasts his era with Franklin D. Roosevelt's future. It notes the 1830s political shift, social changes, and early abolitionist movements, while comparing the forces shaping leadership beyond individual figures. It surveys industrial progress and voter reforms shaping 19th century America.
The Long Arc of American Progress from 1820 to 1883
A concise reflection on 19th century modernization, noting early edge tool manufacture, planned machinery, steam power, farm and textile innovations, transport shifts from sail to steamboat and rail, westward expansion, and immigration. It ponders whether 1933 marks a new era of progress and what lessons past growth offers for the future.
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England
McCormick
New World
Uncle Sam
American Commerce Monument and Women of Bryant's Station
A 1932 Western Newspaper Union piece extols the United States Commerce Department as a monumental hive of industry and details its bureaus. It also preserves the heroic tale of Bryant’s Station women who risked death to fetch water during a 1782 siege.
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United States
Congress
Washington
Department of Commerce
St. Peter’s
Rome
Assumption
Moscow
Bureau of Foreign
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Standards
United States Patent Office
Commerce and Industry
Patent Office
Bureau of Lighthouses
Bureau, of Fisheries
Bureau of Navigation
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Steamboat
Steamboat Inspection Service
Unies
Bryant's Station
Lexington
Emily
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Ezekiel Webster
House of Representatives
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William Lloyd Garrison
Albert Bushnell Hart
Emily Geiger EN
Nathanial Greene
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Carolinas
Lord Rawdon
Broad River
Rawdon
Game Cock” Sumter
Wateree
Greene
Emily Geiger
Congeree River
Detroit News
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