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    it is the United States of America’s most recognized 7th president Andrew Jackson. He was born in poverty‚ had no father‚ and his mother and two youngers brothers died by age 14. Thus Jackson had become tough and brave for the life he had to live‚ this followed him the rest of his life. Later on he became quite popular he was a war hero in 1812‚ the served as a senate‚ and would most of the time be out on the frontier. Jackson was influential to America and made significant changes to American politics

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    Andrew Jackson Hero or Misfit America‚ the nation started on the idea of a nation free from oppression has a dark often shameful history. The Trail of Tears following the Indian removal act is a perfect representation with direct legislature to prove it. Now I have to say that former president Andrew Jackson was a person I greatly admired and often visited the hallowed statue in New Orleans that stands ever vigilant as a visual tribute the man who stood with few to fight the many and came out victorious

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    Andrew Jackson is known as one of america’s greatest presidents. But what made him so great? Let’s find out. EARLY LIFE On a stormy night on March 15‚ 1767 our beloved president was born. The exact location of birth is unknown. When Jackson was thirteen years old‚ he and his brother‚ Robert‚ were captured by redcoats. During his imprisonment‚ a British officer requested his boots to be shined by Jackson. Jackson refused and the redcoat took out his saber and slashed Jackson’s face and hands leaving

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    Jacksonian Democrats were not guardians of democrat that they claimed to be but instead were merely guardians of their own sectional interest and Andrew Jackson inflated ego. Jacksonians ere skilled at emotional issues and had the support of the South and the West. Their primary goals were not constitutional justice and individual libery‚ but instead they strived to suppress New England‚ the Whig Party‚ and business interests and to preserve states rights. 1. Born in NC. Grew up a son of

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    Andrew Jackson Violence and Audacity defined both childhood and adulthood Growing up fatherless on the Carolina frontiers during the Revolutionary War‚ Andrew Jackson was surrounded by the violence of the time. From a young age‚ Andrew Jackson navigated a war-torn land that pitted neighbor against neighbor and used young boys as messengers. However‚ his audacity and resilience has been noted in the historical record‚ rising from orphanhood to the respectable status of a young lawyer in the West.

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    century West‚ the policy of the U.S. government toward Indians kept changing because couple president’s administration against Indians were different. Andrew Jackson‚ served as the 7th President in the United States‚ promoted the Indian Removal Acts. The 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant set up the first Indian Reservations. Andrew Jackson treat Indians as suject of the United States‚ and he promoted the Indian Removal Acts because he believed removal could save the Indians from extinction

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    Andrew Jackson served as America’s seventh president from 1829 to 1837. Over the course of his presidency‚ he utilized his role as president to thwart many congressional actions through veto power‚ a power he used more than any president until his time. Jackson viewed himself as the sole champion of the people‚ standing in between congressional attempts to favor special interests. Nearly one hundred years after Jackson left office‚ Progressive president Franklin Roosevelt took office during a time

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    my father’s footsteps at the age of 20 ‚ I joined the Army ‚ ready to serve for my country. The War of 1812 called my name where I served under the leadings of Andrew Jackson‚ which would earn praise and approval. My relationship with Jackson proved crucial part in my political development. On the advice of the future president‚ Jackson ‚ I returned to Tennessee and embarked on a successful political career. I began to study law and then elected the district attorney in Nashville. The moment where

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    Andrew Jackson has one of the most complicated and detailed stories of becoming the president there might be! Born March 15‚ 1767 and at the age of thirteen‚ Jackson signed up to help the American militia during the American Revolution. He worked as a courier‚ taking messages between troops and leaders. He was captured by british soldiers for acting as a solider for the continental army. Thirty-five long years later he was an army major general in the war of 1812 also known as a hero of that war

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    Tyler Pape P. 3 APUSH Andrew Jackson and Indian Removal (1980 DBQ) Andrew Jackson’s presidency from 1829 to 1837 the decision to remove the Cherokee Indians to land west of the Mississippi River was made. This was more a change of the national policy rather than a reformulation of it. Since the Spanish came to the New World in the 1500’s‚ the Natives‚ were there. Starting with Washington’s administration in the 1790’s‚ the United States’ policy was to civilize the Natives and assimilate them

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