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    June 8‚ 1845 Parents were Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. They were Scot-Irish colonist who emigrated from Ireland. Andrew’s father passed away three weeks before Andrew was born. At age 13‚ Andrew was a courier during Revelutionary War. During the war his brother Hugh died. Andrew and his brother Robert were taken by British and held captive. During that time Robert died from smallpox. Shortly after Robert’s death‚ Andrew’s mother died of cholera and Andrew was an orphan at age 14.

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    APUSH   2A  Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson  I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Andrew Jackson. March 15‚ 1767­ June 8‚ 1845  Jackson was born in Waxhaws which is on the borderline of North Carolina and South  Carolina. He ran for president from Tennessee.    A. Educational Background­ Jackson had a very irregular education. He didn’t  attend school on a regular basis. Jackson ended up studying law in Salisbury  North Carolina.  B. Occupational Background­ Jackson became a lawyer in Tennessee in 1787

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    Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson I. Andrew Jackson a. March 15‚ 1767 – June 8‚ 1845 b. 61 years old II. No formal education; Occupation: Major General in the military‚ lawyer in North Carolina and Tennessee‚ Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court‚ military governor of Florida‚ also became a US Senator III. Democratic Party IV. John Quincy Adams: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚

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    ANDREW-CARTER‚ INC. Case 4 I. STATEMENTS OF THE PROBLEM Andrew-Carter‚ Inc. is a major Canadian producer and distributor of outdoor lighting fixtures. The company experienced success over several years in distributing their products throughout North America. The company has three manufacturing plants and five distribution centres or warehouses. However‚ the company experienced a decline in the demand for its product during the recession. The head of operations foresee that the demand

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    Was Andrew Jackson the American hero that we make him out to be? Do his accomplishments as President of the United States merit the recognition they receive? During his two terms in office‚ from 1829 to 1837‚ Andrew Jackson managed to remove the Five Civilized Tribes from the Southeastern United States and kill the most stable financial institution in the country‚ causing the largest financial crisis in American history up until that point. He trampled on the most sacred of American civil liberties

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    businesses were thriving and the competition to be the wealthiest was through the roof. Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller were two of the most important men in America. Carnegie was the leader of the Steel industry and Rockefeller was the leader of the oil. These two men despised the idea of the other. Carnegie always wanted to be the wealthiest and was always thinking of new ways to be wealthier than Rockefeller. Carnegie came to a point in his career where he would have to come to a decision on what

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    Andrew Foster

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    Andrew Foster Andrew Foster was born in Ensley‚ Alabama in 1925. He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America.  He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America. As a black boy‚ he not only faced school segregation‚ he had to also deal with sub-human acts and laws such as separate textbooks for blacks and whites and the inability to put money into the hand of a white store clerk. White laundry businesses only accepted white

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    Andrew Jackson

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    Andrew Jackson’s Report Card Letter Grade Historical Reasoning Democracy A+ Andrew Jackson respected the poor more than the rich and wealthy. He believed in common people having the same privileges as those with higher social status. He also opposed the government and the bank because he thought it favored the rich. Political parties were also holding nominating conventions which opened the ability to nominate more people making it more democratic. Spoils System B- Andrew Jackson saw the

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    Freddy Andrews

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    Freddy Andrews Analysis ------------------------------------------------- Freddy Andrews is a white aboriginal who’s feeling split about his identity. He doesn’t fit into the white culture and neither into the aboriginal culture. Even though he’s white he always feels like he doesn’t fit into the “white world”‚ because he’ll always be half aboriginal and half white. He’ll never feel like he really belongs somewhere. He experiences a lot of discrimination because of his skin-color. The story

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    DBQ The period of the late 1800s and early 1900s was a period during one of the biggest leaps in the industrial movement of America. The industrial revolution’s leaders‚ including Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and more‚ provided the nation with much needed inventions and transportation‚ thousands of job opportunities‚ and one of the biggest waves of philanthropy the nation has ever seen. The industrial revolution was definitely a period dominated by ’captains of industry.’ ’New and

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