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Why did adams plan to encourage advancements in literature, the arts, and science fail

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Congress did not support John Quincy Adams's ambitions to advance the arts and sciences. Congress was mostly made up of Democratic-Republicans  who believed in small government, so they were not willing to fund what Adams was proposing.
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