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Tag: Maysville Road

  • Jackson’s Early Economic Success

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    President Andrew Jackson. Circa 1830-32. By: Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl.

    President Andrew Jackson had good fortune as his presidency began with a wave of prosperity. See Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 360.

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  • The Maysville Road Veto

    Political Cartoon of Andrew Jackson
    Political Cartoon Depicting the Maysville Road Veto.

    The Maysville Road was a major internal improvement that Congress had captured in a bill, the Maysville Road Bill. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 357. It was meant to be a link in the burgeoning transportation network, “connecting the National Road to the north with the Natchez Trace to the south and the Ohio with the Tennessee river systems.” Id.

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