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11 de jun. de 2018 · John C. Calhoun. John C. Calhoun was the first to develop the concepts of states’ rights and Southern secession from the Union in the decades leading up to the American Civil War (1861–65). He was convinced that the only way to preserve the South 's institution of slavery lay in separation of the slave states from the free (non-slave) states.
12 de jun. de 2006 · In a very real way, he started the American Civil War. Born in 1782 in upcountry South Carolina, Calhoun grew up during the boom in the area’s cotton economy. The son of a successful farmer who served in public office, Calhoun went to New Haven, Connecticut, in 1801 to attend Yale College.
Main Content John C. Calhoun March 18, 1782-March 31, 1850 “FREE TRADE; LOW DUTIES; NO DEBT; SEPARATION FROM BANKS; ECONOMY; RETRENCHMENT, AND STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION,” read the 1843 campaign slogan of the Honorable John C. Calhoun during his last major bid for the presidency of the United States.
John C. Calhoun of South Carolina first entered politics in 1808 when he was elected to the state legislature. He moved to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1811, where he served almost four terms before resigning to become secretary of war under President James Monroe, a position he held from 1817 to 1825. In both positions, Calhoun was ...
In 1803 the Massachusetts legislature elected him a member of the Senate of the United States. John C. Calhoun - Statesman, Nullification, Sectionalism: Certainly the American Civil War was too vast an event to be the responsibility of any one man, but it can be argued that Calhoun contributed as much to its coming as did abolitionist crusader ...
John Caldwell Calhoun, né le 18 mars 1782 à Abbeville ( États-Unis) et mort le 31 mars 1850 à Washington, D.C. ( États-Unis ), est un avocat, théoricien politique et homme d'État américain . Il est le premier vice-président des États-Unis à être né après la Déclaration d'indépendance, ce qui fait de lui le premier citoyen ...
John Bumpass Calhoun (11 de mayo de 1917-7 de septiembre de 1995) (generalmente abreviado, John B. Calhoun) fue un investigador del comportamiento y etólogo estadounidense que destacó por sus estudios sobre la densidad de población y sus efectos sobre el comportamiento. Afirmaba que los sombríos efectos de la superpoblación en los roedores ...
