The Spoils

From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, the president had always been an aristocrat, until Jackson. Jackson was a military hero from Tennessee known for his rough and tumble personality. He became notorious for hanging two British officials in the Seminole War against the Secretary of War’s commands. His truly American personality earned him the name of the “people’s president”. He won the 1828 election by a landslide. When the Jacksonians took office they claimed they were the guardians of…

military it changed the motivation with which man would serve, before this reform man would serve for loyalty and duty to the Republic now they were serving as a mercenary force for the generals and commanders that could deliver the most land and spoil. This new form of soldier “was eager for war because it promised much plunder, and they feared Marius would enlist other soldiers instead of themselves.” The need for capite censi was out of necessity due to recruitment problems, this new tactic…

In winning the presidency in 1828, Andrew Jackson secured over fifty percent of the popular vote. If I had lived in the 1820’s, I would have voted for Andrew Jackson because he appealed to the common people, and was considered a hero for his actions in the war of 1812. Despite some of the unpopular actions Andrew Jackson took like the Indian Removal Act, I would still have voted for him because I would be unaware that he would support such law at the time of voting. First of all, if I had…

important skill to have in the world. This is due to how politics have been corrupted in America in the past and some political leaders have lied in their campaigns. Throughout many times in history, some presidents have used the spoils system during their presidency. The Spoils System, also known as patronage, was a system that allowed the U.S. president to appoint anyone he wanted to office. This allowed the…

Hello Caroline, I have read this book in seventh grade. I really enjoyed reading because it offered insightful information related to drugs, sexual content, violence, etc. and it all comes down to how the readers approach these issues. The book pretty much discusses the differences between the Greasers (poor side of the town in Oklahoma) and the Socs (upper – middle class and rich kids) and how each character depending on their living situations and how they were raised up act. There are…

a thief attacks him who he ends up killing after a small quarrel, all of this was used to demonstrate the human greed destroying this paradise with death and destruction. Through these literary elements, London clearly illustrates how human greed spoils paradise. Earth could have all the gold in the world, everyone one could have some, and yet still the greed would overcome themselves and we as people would continue to destroy the paradise we live…

In Ray Bradbury’s short story, The Veldt, illustrates his views of the future and how children will behave if you let technology run their lives. The Hadley family has a technologically modern home that does everything for them. This causes the children to revolt against their parents because they are spoiled and corrupted. The young children do not realize that it is a problem because the parents gave them unlimited freedom to so what they want. The parents allow their children to disrespect…

If the care giver’s infant seems to be unresponsive and even distant from them they might have an avoidant attachment. The infant may feel that the care giver is ignoring their needs, many of these caregivers don't want to spoil the infant. A mother may not want to spoil the her baby and does not pick the baby up when he or she is crying, they may grow an avoidant attachment. One signs the child is growing an avoidant attachment is pushing away the mother when she finally picks the child up. To…

Mediation and its natural result, negotiation, are processes of finding possible solutions to end the conflict. Mediation, however, offers tools via a third party to overcome many problems embedded in conflict situations that otherwise could be detrimental for future peace agreement (Greig & Regan, 2008). Although mediations provide potential solutions to finish the conflict, they are not always be successful and there are many cases of failure of peacemaking efforts. From 1950 to 1990, almost…

Locke believed that God gave “The earth and all that is therein is given to men for the support and comfort of their being” (Locke, 1823, p. 115, para. 25). He theorized, in Chapter 1, “…that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions…”(Locke, 1823, p. 107, para. 6), as such, he was aware that if everything is the common property of man, there was a need for a morally right method of determining ownership of God's “gifts” without…