John Quincy Adams: President (1825-1829)
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. Reveals the charges of collusion leveled at the newly elected President. Adams soon discovers that his Vice President, John Calhoun, favors Andrew Jackson's camp over that of the President. Adams introduces recommendations for internal improvements (a national highway system, a national system of weights and measures, a national bankruptcy law, etc). in the national interest which contrast him sharply with Jackson's movement for the people. Highlights the family problems and attacks by the press that plague Adams' term of office. John Quincy loses the election of 1828 to Andrew Jackson.
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