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    often wants‚ to rely on himself for his survival. Jackson is all of these things. The description of a frontier fighter seems honorable and upright; however‚ in the case of Jackson‚ he was not always noble. Some of his decisions and actions are not to be idolized‚ despite demonstrating his frontier fighting character. Nevertheless‚ Andrew Jackson was a frontier fighter. That is

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    one could claim that President Andrew Jackson fills the bill of each category. President Jackson’s legacy is one that is continuously being rewritten and reformed. Andrew Jackson‚ the man who set forth plans that would normally send men wallowing in fear‚ became a war hero during the War of 1812‚ destroyed the Second Bank of the United States‚ eliminated the national debt‚ and conquered and triumphed over the Supreme Court. In a sense a man larger than life‚ Jackson paved the way for the many liberties

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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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    A person who is humble should be honored. A person who cares for not only himself‚ but for all people should be honored. A person who helps this country instead of destroying it should be honored. So why is Andrew Jackson on the twenty dollar bill? Andrew Jackson was the seventh president. He was different than the presidents that came before him. He did not come from a wealthy family or grow up in a nice neighborhood. He was a so called‚ “common man.” Before he became president he was considered

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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 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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    “The Reign of King Andrew” President Andrew Jackson might have lived a common man’s youth‚ but he eventually transformed his life of poverty into that of a king. As Jackson grew older he became a powerful ambitious man and was ready to assert his influence throughout his presidency. Jackson left a memorable legacy with his days in office that included forceful removal of Native Americans‚ setting off the Spoils System into the American Government‚ and turning the presidential

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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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    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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    The Jackson Presidency Jackson’s election ushered in era in American politics called the “Age of the Common Man” he wasn’t a common man- military hero‚ rich slave owner‚ imperious and decidedly undemocratic personality had mass appeal to ordinary people- 1st to respond to the ways in which westward expansion + extension of the suffrage were changing politics at national/local/state levels A Popular Figure During American Rev.- captured + beaten by British made career as lawyer/wealthy slave

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