Reflecting on 1833 and 1933 in American history
Elmo Scott Watson analyzes how 1833 featured a new Democratic President in Andrew Jackson and a political revolution, contrasting with 1933 as the current year. He cites Frederic Austin Ogg on Jackson's 1828 election as a democratic triumph and compares public sentiment toward leaders of Jefferson and Adams era.
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Andrew Jackson
Frederic Austin Ogg
Yale University Press
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John Adams
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Monroe
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Rise of Jackson Era and 1933 Democratic Turn
The article traces Andrew Jackson as the first true Democratic president and contrasts his era with the 1933 Roosevelt administration. It surveys the growth of democracy, social reform, and economic change, noting the rise of mass politics, abolitionism, and expanding voter participation alongside industrial progress and internal improvements shaping mid nineteenth and early twentieth century America.
1833 as a hinge in the American industrial surge
The piece traces 1830s progress from edge tool manufacture to the Nasmyth hammer and McCormick reaper, noting rail, canals, and westward migration. It cites population growth from 2.6 million to 7 million between 1820 and 1840, and asks what 1988 may herald in social, political, economic, and spiritual terms.
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McCormick
New World
Uncle Sam
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Alabama's shift from cotton to diversified industry
Alabama moved from a cotton dominated, agriculture based economy to a diversified industrial state. The piece notes Birmingham as the "Pittsburgh of the South," the growth of 2800 industrial establishments, and the rise of mills, smelters, and factories aided by water power, electricity, and new farms. It highlights education, rail and road development, and a growing urban economy alongside remaining agricultural roots. The narrative tracks migration, early roads, and a century of change from antebellum plantation life to modern industry.
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Marie Antoinette
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Ohio
Mississippi
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Lee
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