Who Is Andrew Jackson A Hero

Caleb Shepherd
Mr. Bartley
History 8-3
3 March 2017
The President Andrew Jackson

A president who has single handedly, with some help from his kitchen cabinet, ran the whole president's office and won the Nullification Crisis which could have separated the whole U.S. in a different direction of how it is today. The president Andrew Jackson helped improve presidency, acted upon his opinion, and made many different changes that impacted the United States. Andrew Jackson was considered a hero and monster, his actions have caused many great changes and terrible ones as well. Andrew Jackson had been known as a hero for his bravery, war strategies, and for becoming the first “Log Cabin” president in office. However, some of his disciplinary actions had caused him to become known as a monster. Although, president Jackson is a hero because without some changes, wars, and outcomes of Andrew Jackson then U.S. would not be the same.
The battle of New Orleans was a huge success that was lead to having 71 soldiers die compared to 2000 casualties for the British. Andrew Jackson was also brave because when he was younger, he was a spy during the Revolutionary War and when he was caught, he would refuse to talk and tell information about the Americans. One story that proved he was loyal and brave was when a British soldier caught him and asked about where the Americans, and after refusing to talk, the British soldier lashed Jackson with his sword, making Andrew Jackson hate the British. Andrew Jackson had been a great hero based on some of his war strategies and his loyalty to