- John Quincy Adams
Brief biography, inaugural addresses, and familiar quotations, plus a biography of the First Lady. Sponsored by the White House.
- Native Resistance to Removal
This 1826 account of failed treaty negotiations is notable for its honest, forthright tone. The voices of native leaders can clearly be heard, laying out reasons for refusing to cede additional land to the Great White Father after so many broken promises. Look especially at the concluding section beginning "Friends and Brothers" that follows the formal language of the document. In the end, it did these two Civilized Tribes no good; they were still forced to move west of the Mississippi a decade later.
- Native American Reference Site (Internet Public Library)
This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts, and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand, adding additional authors, books, and web resources.
- In Search of de Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Survey Alexis de Tocquevilles's travels in America, a chronology of his life illustrated by pictures of famous sites in France, and read some quotations from "Democracy in America." The site is sponsored by C-SPAN, broadcasters of Congressional debates and other governmental activities.
- The Whig Party 1834-1856
Brief summary of the Whig party, including the origin of its name, its chief leaders, and the reasons why it died out in the mid-1850s.
- Henry Clay
A daguerreotype photo taken near the end of Clay's life between 1850 and 1852. From the Library of Congress collection, access the photo by typing in the keywords Henry Clay.
- Martin Van Buren: White House biography
Brief biography, inaugural addresses, and familiar quotations, plus a biography of the First Lady. Sponsored by the White House.
- Cooper's & Irving's Views of Native Americans
This excerpt from the book White on Red describes Washington Irving's perception of Indians. Another site seeks to interpret (see next link)
- Cooper's attitudes about natives in his fiction and nonfiction
(Click on the "Cooper's Indians" button.)
- William Henry Harrison
Brief biography, inaugural addresses, and familiar quotations, plus a biography of the First Lady. Sponsored by the White House.
- John Tyler: Official Whitehouse biography
Brief biography, inaugural addresses, and familiar quotations, plus a biography of both First Ladies. Sponsored by the White House.
- Political leaders of the 1840s
Calhoun, Webster, and Thomas Hart Benton are all pictured in fine oil paintings from the Smithsonian Institution collection. The up and coming Jefferson Davis, future Confederate president, is also present.
- Indian Removal documents
Includes Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), the Supreme Court ruling on the status of Indians under the Constitution; Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruling against state jurisdiction over Indian lands; and Andrew Jackson's position on "Necessity of Indian Removal" (1835). From the Archives section for 1806-48 of the online site for the PBS video series "The West."
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