. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . ss with the sum of two hun-dred thousand dollars,and a township ofland, as a partialpayment of the debtdue him by the UnitedStates. 7. In the fall of1824,-the election forpresident took place ;but, as no one of thefour candidates re-ceived a majority ofthe electoral votes,the choice devolvedupon the House ofRepresentatives, bywhom Jolin QuincyAdams, of Massachu-setts, was C. Calhoun, ofSouth Carolina, was elected vice-president. The in-
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . ss with the sum of two hun-dred thousand dollars,and a township ofland, as a partialpayment of the debtdue him by the UnitedStates. 7. In the fall of1824,-the election forpresident took place ;but, as no one of thefour candidates re-ceived a majority ofthe electoral votes,the choice devolvedupon the House ofRepresentatives, bywhom Jolin QuincyAdams, of Massachu-setts, was C. Calhoun, ofSouth Carolina, was elected vice-president. The in- * Bunker Hill monument, an obelisk two liuiidred and twenty-one feet high, erectedin commemoration of the battle, now stands on the spot where the redoubt was builton Breeds Hill. Its cornerstone was laid by General Lafayette, on the 17th of June,1825, the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. An immense concourse of persons waspresent on the occasion, including nearly two hundred revolutionary soldiers withforty surviving patriots of the battle, and President John Quincy Adams, with his en-tire cabinet. Daniel Webster delivered the BUNKER HILL MONUMENT * 7. Who succeeded Monroe ? How was John Quincy Adams elected ? 1828] JOHN Q. ADAIISS ADMINISTRATION 215 auguration of Adams took 2)lace on the 4th of March,1825. 8, Administration of John Quincy Adams.* — The single term of this administration was a period of peace,during wliich the nationmade rapid increase in pop-ulation and wealth. By avery singular coincidence,the two venerable ex-presi-dents, John Adams andThomas Jefferson, died onthe 4th of July, 1826,f thefiftieth anniversary ofAmerican Independence. g. The American Sys-tem.—Ihe subject of do-mestic manufactures en-gaged a large share of the presidents attention ; and in1828 a tariff law was passed, imposing heavy duties upon
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