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Examines the political decisions made by six presidents between 1825 and 1849 regarding issues concerning the Monroe Doctrine, Indian removal, territorial expansion, the National Bank, tariffs, the war with Mexico, and the institution of slavery.

A biography of the sixth president of the United States.

Presents the life of John Quincy Adams, including his childhood, education, employment, and political career.

Biography of America's sixth president, based on a study of his seventy-year diary and other documents, revealing a man whose life was largely taken up by politics, but whose real pleasure came from literary and scientific endeavors.

Chronicles the history of America's longest dynasty, the Adamses, the only family in the nation's history to play a leading role in American affairs for nearly two centuries.

Presents excerpts from the correspondence between twelve-year-old William Pratt and President John Quincy who communicated between 1825 and 1827 on topics such as the government treaty with Creek Indians, Mr.

A novelization of the motion picture "Amistad," a fact-based story of the 1839 mutiny on board a Spanish slave ship,which resulted in a trial before the Supreme Court during which former American president John Quincy Adams argued in favor of freedom for the slaves.

A biography of John Quincy Adams, which focuses on his seventeen years in Congress--after he served a single term as President of the United States--where he became a leading voice in support of the abolishment of slavery.

Presents a detailed analysis of the 1828 presidential campaign between southwestern frontiersman Andrew Jackson and New England aristocrat John Quincy Adams that officially established a pattern in which two nationally organized political parties would vie for power against one another.

Chronicles the lives of John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams around the War of 1812.

Chronicles the life of English naturalist James Smithson, discussing his origins as the bastard son of the first Duke of Northumberland, his university years, his passion for minerals, his imprisonment, and the collection and fortune he left to the United States.

Presents a record of the nine-year contest waged in the United States House of Representatives, beginning in 1835, over the question of slavery, a battle spearheaded by former president John Quincy Adams and witnessed by young congressman Abraham Lincoln.

Discusses the personal life and political career of the son of the second president of the United States, who became the sixth president.