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ジョン・クインジー・アダムズ：国のための大きな計画
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John Quincy Adams: Independent
Yet Quincy Adams talked about unity in his presidential inaugural speech. Adams said the Constitution and the representative democracy of the United States had proved a success. The nation was free and strong and stretched across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
He noted that political divisions had eased. So now, he said, it was time for the people to settle their differences and make a truly national government.
In his first message to Congress, President Adams described his ideas.
The chief purpose of the government, he said, was to improve the lives of the people it governed. To do this, he offered a national program of building roads and canals. He also proposed a national university and a national scientific center.
Adams said Congress should not be limited to making laws only to improve the nation's economic life. He said it should make laws to improve the arts and sciences, too.
But many people of the West and South did not believe that the Constitution gave the federal government the power to do all these things. They believed these powers belonged to the states.
Their representatives in Congress rejected the president’s proposals.
In addition, a new opposition party was trying to weaken support for Quincy Adams. They supported a general from Tennessee named Andrew Jackson.
Historian Harlow Giles Unger says John Quincy Adams was never able to meet the high expectations many people had for him.
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- What did Adams talk about in his inaugural speech?
- Adams said that the American system of government had been a success.
- According to Adams, what was the chief purpose of the government?
- Which of these was NOT part of Adams's plans?
- Adams thought Congress should make laws only to improve the economy.
- Why did many people in the West and South disagree with Adams's plans?
- What happened to Adams's proposals in Congress?
- Who did the new opposition party support?
単語と詳細
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- The nation stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the ___.
- "Political divisions had eased." This means the divisions had ...
- It was time for the people to "settle their differences". This means to ...
- In his first message to ___, President Adams described his ideas.
- "The chief purpose of the government, he said, was to improve the lives of the people." Chief means ...
- Adams was never able to meet the high expectations many people had for him. Expectations are ...
解答
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- b) Unity本文にはこうあります：Quincy Adams talked about unity in his presidential inaugural speech.
- a) True彼は、アメリカ合衆国の憲法と代議制民主主義は成功であることが証明されたと述べました。
- c) To improve the lives of the people it governed彼は、政府の主な目的は統治する人々の暮らしを向上させることだと述べました。
- d) A national bank彼は道路や運河、国立大学、国立の科学センターを提案しました。本文には銀行についての言及はありません。
- b) False彼は、議会は芸術や科学を向上させる法律も作るべきだと述べました。
- a) They believed these powers belonged to the states.彼らは、憲法が連邦政府にこれらの権限を与えているとは考えませんでした。権限は州に属すると考えていました。
- b) They were rejected.本文にはこうあります：Their representatives in Congress rejected the president's proposals.
- c) Andrew Jackson彼らはテネシー州出身のアンドリュー・ジャクソンという将軍を支持しました。
単語と詳細
- Pacific / Pacific Ocean本文によると、国は大西洋から太平洋まで大陸を横断して広がっていました。
- a) become less serious問題が ease するとは、深刻さが和らぐということです。
- c) end their disagreementssettle differences とは、意見の対立をやめて解決策を見つけるという意味です。
- Congress本文にはこうあります：In his first message to Congress, President Adams described his ideas.
- b) mainchief は「主な」「最も重要な」という意味です。
- b) the things people believed he would achieveexpectations とは、人々が起こると信じていることや、誰かが成し遂げるだろうと考えられていることです。