Quiz on US President Andrew Jackson
Period 3
Andrew Jackson Response Questions
1. What do you see? How does Jackson change over time? What do we know about Jackson based upon these portraits?
The first shown portrait of Andrew Jackson was a small picture by a friend Jean-Francois de la Vallee. This image shows Jackson as the young, poor, and common man. The following images however, show Jackson in an athletic position and give the sense of heroicness and justice. This dissimilarity indicates the first two of three stages of his life. In Charles Severin's lithograph of Jackson in New Orleans, we are shown his growth from a poor man to a national celebrity. Because of this, we know that Andrew Jackson’s appreciated life had sequences of an easily admirable “zero to hero”. Paintings that are also shown later elaborately translate Jackson’s third stage in his life- politics. This stage addresses Jackson’s political career as the nation’s leader and president. In several of the latest pieces, he is suited in formal attire and the painting’s backgrounds and feel give a sense of intelligence and power. A dramatic change between the first and the last artworks are the expense of the art. As the time progresses, the artwork is more costly and qualitative showing Jackson’s growth in money and success. Overall, citizens of Jackson’s time were in awe of him because of his likable “American dream” story of a hero coming from the common or poor and the pieces of art portray this accurately.
2. Think about the quote and the images and then answer the question "Who was Andrew Jackson?" Andrew Jackson was the most admired president of his time. Although he was extremely contradictory, he attained being seen as a war hero, an intelligent political man, and a great representation of the American dream. It is hard to believe that the same man who slaughtered thousands of Indian people and forced them out of their homeland received ample attention and admiration. This fame is because of his military
Andrew Jackson Response Questions
1. What do you see? How does Jackson change over time? What do we know about Jackson based upon these portraits?
The first shown portrait of Andrew Jackson was a small picture by a friend Jean-Francois de la Vallee. This image shows Jackson as the young, poor, and common man. The following images however, show Jackson in an athletic position and give the sense of heroicness and justice. This dissimilarity indicates the first two of three stages of his life. In Charles Severin's lithograph of Jackson in New Orleans, we are shown his growth from a poor man to a national celebrity. Because of this, we know that Andrew Jackson’s appreciated life had sequences of an easily admirable “zero to hero”. Paintings that are also shown later elaborately translate Jackson’s third stage in his life- politics. This stage addresses Jackson’s political career as the nation’s leader and president. In several of the latest pieces, he is suited in formal attire and the painting’s backgrounds and feel give a sense of intelligence and power. A dramatic change between the first and the last artworks are the expense of the art. As the time progresses, the artwork is more costly and qualitative showing Jackson’s growth in money and success. Overall, citizens of Jackson’s time were in awe of him because of his likable “American dream” story of a hero coming from the common or poor and the pieces of art portray this accurately.
2. Think about the quote and the images and then answer the question "Who was Andrew Jackson?" Andrew Jackson was the most admired president of his time. Although he was extremely contradictory, he attained being seen as a war hero, an intelligent political man, and a great representation of the American dream. It is hard to believe that the same man who slaughtered thousands of Indian people and forced them out of their homeland received ample attention and admiration. This fame is because of his military