1. JQA vs. AJ

2.  John Quincy Adams wanted to be president  Andrew Jackson also wanted to be president  Election of 1824= Tempers flew  JQA became the 6 th President of the US  AJ supporters were mad & said there was cheating  Era of political anger

3. JQA or John Quincy Adams  John Quincy Adams (JQA)  Hard-working, honest, & smart  Write in Eng. w/1 hand & translate Greek w/other  Too serious  Well-educated & served his country  14 yrs. old= Went to Russia as the Sec. to the US ambassador  Spoke French well (lang. of Russian court)  Had great ideas as pres., but didn’t know how to work w/ppl.

4. JQA or John Quincy Adams  Southerners afraid JQA wanted to end slavery  JQA wanted to end slavery & had opposition  Too shy to relate to ppl.  Didn’t know how to talk to ppl.  Funny story  Reporter Anne Royall got him to talk  JQA was swimming in the Potomac R.  Royall sat on his clothes on riverbank  Ppl. grew tired of JQA & he was not reelected

5. JQA  Please tell me 3 items that you learned about the section JQA vs. AJ