The United States: Conquering a continent
- ISBN-10
- 1931910154
- ISBN-13
- 9781931910156
- Series
- The United States
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Authors
- Leon F. Litwack, Winthrop D. Jordan
Description
THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION Americans now take the transition from one presidential administration to another as a matter of course . In 1796 the public was experiencing the first transfer of presidential power from one man to another .
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