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The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828 (Pivotal Moments in American History) (Reprint Edition) by Lynn Hudson Parsons, Lynk H. Parsons Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-19-975424-1 / 0199754241 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-975424-3 / 9780199754243 The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a |