American Lion: Jon Meacham on Andrew Jackson

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Partner:: National Constitution Center
Location:: National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA
Event Date:: 11.24.08
Speakers:: Richard Beeman,; Jon Meacham
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Summary: At a moment when the American public is focused on the presidency and how presidents lead the nation, the National Constitution Center welcomes back Newsweek editor Jon Meacham for a discussion about his remarkable biography of President Andrew Jackson.

Orphan, battle-hardened warrior, founder of the Democratic Party, and architect of the modern presidency, Jackson rose from nothing to the pinnacle of power. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House is an exciting portrait of one of our most important, yet least remembered presidents.

Richard Beeman, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, moderates - National Constitution Center

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Richard Beeman

Dr. Richard R. Beeman has been on the faculty of the Department of History at Penn for thirty-six years. He is an historian of the American Revolutionary Era, and has written five books and several dozen articles on aspects of America 's political and constitutional history in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His fifth book, The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth Century America, is a wide-ranging, interpretive study of the uncertain and confused origins of democracy in America. It was published in the Spring of 2004 as part of the McNeil Series in Early American History by the University of Pennsylvania Press. He has served as Chair of the Department of History, Associate Dean in SAS responsible for the School's humanities and social sciences departments, and as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He also continues to serve in his role as Vice-Chair of the Academic Advisory Board and as Chair of the Program and Exhibits Committee of the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center.

Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham is the editor of Newsweek and the author of Franklin and Winston and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

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01 hr 08 min 40 sec

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01.: Introduction

02 min 23 sec

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02.: Prolific Work of Meacham

03 min 02 sec

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03.: Contradictory Nature of Andrew Jackson

06 min 53 sec

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04.: Unlikely Background of a President

02 min 59 sec

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05.: The Political Is Personal

04 min 25 sec

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06.: The Bank War

03 min 24 sec

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07.: Jackson Spars with Calhoun

05 min 46 sec

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08.: Emily Donaldson

09 min 31 sec

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09.: Power in the Office of President

06 min 19 sec

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10.: Presidential Temperament

01 min 22 sec

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11.: Achievements and Faults

05 min 54 sec

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12.: Q1: Changed Opinions

02 min 12 sec

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13.: Q2: Jacksonian Monetary Policy

03 min 34 sec

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14.: Q3: John Quincy Adams

03 min 58 sec

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15.: Q4: Celebrity of Jackson

01 min 42 sec

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16.: Q5: Jackson's Opinion of a National Bank

05 min 07 sec

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Andrew Jackson 'First Great Democratic Leader'

51 min 45 sec

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Jon Meacham Argues Andrew Jackson Defended the Union

51 min 45 sec

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Jon Meacham: Andrew Jackson Was Capable of 'Great Evil'

51 min 45 sec

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