Reviews for Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay

The average rating for Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-16 00:00:00 Thomas Staples Reading a text on two men I don't respect without a hint of criticism on either side is a miserable way to spend a week. The only thing I found interesting here is the development of the modern day Republicans and Democrats. Although Jackson's Democratic-Republican party was the precursor to modern day democrats, I found myself opposing his logic far more often than Clay (with the Whigs, who would become modern day Republicans). I think my preference was pretty informed by the author who didn't quite demonize Jackson (as he should have, but for reasons other than fiscal policies), but gave him the short end of the stick when providing primary source documents and summaries of arguments. It could be that Clay was simply more well-spoken, but his analysis of the economic calamities of this time and his solutions (a Republican making a compromise???) seemed far more logical than Jackson's never-ending "you should act like Americans . . . don't dishonor the men who died for you" kind of arguments for things like protective tariffs.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-11 00:00:00 Don DaRinsplenta This was so painful to me, though idgaf about this period or the "powerful men" angle to history.