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Annual Message to Congress (State of the Union)

President John Quincy Adams delivered his annual message to Congress, urging federal support for internal improvements, a national university, an astronomical observatory, and protective tariffs.

The message laid out Adams's nationalist policy agenda and shaped legislative and public debate over federal activism, science, education, and economic policy ahead of the contentious 1828 election.

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