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    How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Democracy is defined as rule by the people‚ either directly or through elected representatives. Politically‚ being a democracy basically means the people have a say in government. A democratic person would typically believe in voting rights for all adults‚ the right to run for political office‚ freedom of speech‚ majority rule‚ and many other things. Andrew Jackson seemed to be the main political leader with this type of government. Some say that he was the founder

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    Andrew Jackson acted more like a king then he did as a president. First‚ Jackson spoils the system. Jackson wouldn’t do what was really needed for the United States and acted as if he was a king. Next‚ He did what he wanted without approval. Jackson never asked of any concern onto if what he was doing was good for the United States. Then‚ Jackson caused war against banks. Jackson took out all the money from the bank and eventually everyone ran out of money. Finally‚ these were only some of the things

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    fight a losing battle.  President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law in May of 1830. The Act authorized the President to negotiate with the southern Native Americans for their land and improvements on that land. There was also a provision that authorized him to provide funds for transportation of the Native Americans to the west. However‚ the Indian Removal Act failed to give actual legal authority to seize the land of Native Americans who did not wish to relinquish their land

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    Coach Mike told Jackson in the pregame huddle in the locker room. 36-year-old Jackson Smith was last the man on the Team USA roster‚ the team needed a veteran player to contrast the explosive‚ athletic and talented young players. Jackson somehow found his way into the starting lineup due to a collision between the teams two point guards at a practice yesterday. Jackson hadn’t played a single minute during the entire Olympics. Jackson‚ the coaches‚ and his teammates all could tell how nervous he was

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    The Impact of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson’s impact is deeper than just being the seventh president of the United States‚ his legacy is not his presidency. He formed the Democratic party‚ but the two-party system was Jackson’s legacy. Jackson spoke as the people’s choice he connected with the citizens by being born into a family that was not high in the rankings‚ but modest farmers. He worked up the ladder to become the political power he ended up being‚ from being captured at thirteen by the British

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    Andrew Jackson had a mother and father and a brother his brother dies of a sickness and the father died of an accident and the mother died of drinking dirty water so he was orphan and he was young when his family died and so he raised himself and he was a very strong person and really didn’t have any fears and he was not a scared of anything really and what that means he would have gun offs and so who would drop dead first and he was always the winner but one time he did that he got shot in his

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    involved in the election. The new voters are the average farmers and laborers who don’t own lots of land and are not rich. Andrew Jackson was an important figure in the war‚ He lead New Orleans to a big victory and was praised from then on. However his life was not always praised. He started out as a poor farmer’s boy‚ Just like many common men‚ that’s why he appeals to them. help run his government. They become what is know as the kitchen cabinet (Hart 2011). This group was controversial however. Many

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    When Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828‚ he brought about many changes in the government. Jacksonian Democrats claimed to be the "guardians of democracy"‚ but instead they were merely guardians of their own sectional interests. In other words‚ they were very selfish. Despite the fact that they were selfish‚ they actually were able to protect political democracy and equality of economic opportunity‚ but they were not guardians of the constitution or individual liberty. Their main goal was not constitutional

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    President Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson helped to provide for a strong protection of popular democracy and individual liberty to the United States. Andrew Jackson known as the people’s president held a strong emotion in the states right’s which advocated to the increase of executive power. President Andrew Jackson was good for his country‚ because he provided certain decisions that helped form America into a better place than where it was before. President Andrew Jackson showed significant positives

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    Andrew Jackson was the most loved yet most hated president in history. Jackson was the seventh President of the United States and one of the most controversial presidents our country has ever experienced. In fact‚ Thomas Jefferson once wrote‚ “I feel very much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson president. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for the place…He is a dangerous man.” This is how a backwoods boy became the face of the people when the American people needed it most while

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