What were the Pros and Cons of John Quincy Adams presidency?
John Quincy Adams THE BAD -If integrity could be considered a bad thing, Adams suffered because of it. He kept on his cabinet openly defiant members, and members accused of crimes. Adams felt compelled to hold these men as showing how balanced his administration was, and how all men were innocent until proven guilty. The problem: such a mess of an administration failed at getting anything substantial accomplished in four years. -Drafted and implemented a treaty with Spain under which Florida was ceded to the U.S., and the Louisiana Purchase was recognized as stretching to the Pacific Ocean. Adams ignored the cries from natives on these lands. THE GOOD -A master of diplomacy, it was Adams who drafted the Monroe doctrine of Western Hemisphere hegemony. -Despite his own men working against him, he managed to spread the U.S. Postal system from ocean to ocean, began the road from DC to New Orleans, kept peace and general economic prosperity throughout his administration. -He always argued a
