The History of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was known as a president‚ general‚ and a politician. However people have not heard of some of the things he had to go through with his past life. His family was from Ireland and then moved to America on a farm in south Carolina where Andrew was born. Andrew got his name from his father when he died [go.galegroup.com.] As he started to grow up the revolutionary war broke out. So Andrew his two brothers Hugh and Robert joined the battle. Sadly they both
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Andrew Jackson‚ our seventh President of the United States‚ is a rather acceptable President. He was considered as the "People’s President‚" he was very straight forward and honest to his people. He takes his job seriously and is probably the most liberal president in history. His presidency however was neither a hero nor a villain‚ but shared a fair amount of each. First off‚ the good qualities he had was the fact he had bold commitment to enforce laws and fight back against secession threats from
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Andrew Jackson grew up in poverty and ended up as a national hero. Andrew was born on march 15‚ 1767 and it was on the border of north and south carolina. As he grew up he studied law and went to school and got little formal schooling. As jackson grew up he moved to vest of the appalachians which is now Tennessee. He began working as a prosecuting attorney in the settlement that became nashville. Later on he set up private practice and then met and married Rachel Robards. Jackson grew prosperous
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Old Hickory Andrew Jackson‚ the seventh president of the United States‚ was the first president to come from an upbringing that was unlike his opponents. South Carolina‚ in the year 1767‚ Andrew was born and shortly after he was orphaned as a youth. Even at his young age‚ he still displayed his infamous traits of courage and passion which followed him throughout his life. As he grew older he moved to Tennessee‚ where he decided to study law. It was then that he became interested in the local politics
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Andrew Jackson in December of 1829 got the Indian Removal Act passed by Congress. This targeted the Five Civilized Tribes‚ Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole‚ to move from their ancestral lands with inadequate supplies and resources 5 million acres in the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River. Even though these five tribes had changed their way of life they were forced to move‚ Chief Justice John Marshall’s rulings on the cases Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester
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born named Andrew Jackson. His father was never able to meet him‚ he had died before Jackson was birthed. No one thought he would be the 7th president of the United States. In his childhood‚ Jackson was an orphan‚ a soldier and a prisoner.He experienced pain‚ emotional and physical. He experienced war and death. His two brothers had died‚ one in war and the other of heatstroke when being held prisoner with Jackson. All of his immediate family was gone‚ before he turned fifteen. Jackson went to local
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Andrew Jackson was born in rural South Carolina in 1767 and became president nearly sixty years later. Jackson was a child during the Revolutionary War‚ so his youth was tainted by the horrors of war. Jackson became a military hero in 1815 when New Orleans was under attack of the British who freed the slaves‚ abused the women‚ and destroyed the city. Jackson put an end to this while he was headquartered in New Orleans. Jackson’s background affected him throughout his entire life. After his victory
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begin with Andrew Jackson’s positives. The man was a strong believer of individual rights. Jackson believed in a limited government supported by a strong dg president at the top; the states were to govern themselves with limited federal interference with the president as a representative of the country’s population. The man was indeed a war hero‚ and he built much of his image on his participation in the War of 1812. According to the Wikipedia “Why the U.S. government needs to remove Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson and the Common Man Andrew Jackson and his policies during his presidency strengthened American nationalism. He was a common man by birth although he shared traits between both the common man and elite. He was a self made man that had a lot of life experience rather than formal education. His struggles defined him. Jackson was a strong-willed man and first found success in the military. While President‚ he expanded his power and used it to get what he wanted. Jackson was a common
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Alex Kramer Essay If there is a definition of the phrase‚ "Horrible President‚" the first two words you read are Andrew Jackson. His bad decisions surely outweighed his good by an unknown scale. Put together his violent‚ forceful attitude with his inability to let things go and you’ve got a terrible match. People say your actions define who a person is‚ and his moves as the lead of our country certainly defined him. Jackson’s first mistake was turning a part of our country against us! By
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