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John Quincy Adams served as the sixth president, following the family jeans, of the United States of America. Adams did not win the popular vote or the Electoral College. Since there was a tie Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, got to choose the winner. Adams was chosen as the next president and he named Clay the Secretary of State. This was dubbed the “Corrupt Bargain” because people thought Clay only named Adams president because he could then become Secretary of State but was never proven. Adams did not accomplish much in his one term as president. He did not accomplish his goals either. Adams deserves a rating of a D- as president. Adams had a goal of helping the population expand west but did not really do anything that acted as a catalyst to the movement. Adams was a strong support of the federal government paying for internal improvements. He purposed a network of roads and canals, a national university, and an astronomical observatory. This was too ambitious for congress and was not passed. He did manage to build the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1828. Adams not being able to pass the internal improvements proposal summarized his relationship with congress. He did not have a good relationship with the legislative branch. The Congressmen were mostly fans of Jackson so naturally they did not like Adams. Adams could never get anything passed or accomplished because he never had any support. The Tariff of 1828 is just about the only act Adams passed. This law put a high tax on imported goods in order to protect domestic manufacturing. The factories and manufacturing was centered in the New England states at the time. The “Tariff of Abominations” was very unpopular in the southern states. This was near the end of Adams term but South Caroline nullified the law and Andrew Jackson was then left to dealt with them after he was elected. This was a good law for the manufacturers of the north but a bad for the South who was already in tough times. Adams had very little to no influence on future presidents. Everyone was waiting for his term to run out so Andrew Jackson could become president. The Tariff of 1828 left Jackson with the problem of the “nullies” in South Carolina. Though he did appoint Robert Trimble as a Supreme Court justice. In conclusion, John Quincy Adams did almost nothing while in office. He was unpopular and did not represent the changing ideas of America. The country would have been better off without him because the only thing he passed caused South Carolina to almost separate from the Union. He receives a D-.
 * John Quincy Adams:**
 * Born:** July 11, 1767
 * Died:** February 23, 1848
 * Term:** 1825 - 1829
 * Vice President:** John C. Calhoun
 * Political Party:** Democratic-Republication
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 * Works Cited**

Degregorio, William A. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents. Fort Lee: Barricade Books, 2005. Print.