A president‚ in the eye of Andrew Jackson‚ was the "representative" of the people. Not only that‚ his presidency was said to be that of the "common man‚" because his beliefs reflected those of the common man. He was the first American president to be born on the frontier‚ and as he declared‚ he governed on behalf of "the humble members of society- the farmers‚ mechanics‚ and laborers" (Tindall/Shi P.332). The presidential office he entered in 1829 would not be left the same after he left in 1837
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The era of Jackson’s presidency ran from 1829 throughout 1837. Jackson used any political and economic means necessary in order to see American frontier regions expand across the nation. In the beginning of the Jacksonian era‚ colonial Americans’ settlements had not yet extended far beyond the Atlantic seaboard‚ partly because bad roads and primitive technology limited their ability to expand‚ and because both hostile Indians and British imperial policy discouraged migration beyond Appalachian Mountains
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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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Andrew Jackson and the Politics of the Market Revolution I. The Presidency of John Quincy Adams Adams appointed Henry Clay as his Secretary of State. This was a corrupt bargain says his opponents. Jackson described Clay as Judas of the west. After he became president he got to work trying to build all these things like an observatory and national college. II. Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson Martin close supporter of Jackson put together an organization that was designed to drive Adams and
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Andrew Jackson was a victorious and triumphant man for he rose from the depths of poverty. Andrew Jackson was born to irish immigrants and then descended to authority over the nation as the 7th president and was defined as a national military icon. He addressed issues beyond politics and ideologies previously set in place by the founding fathers of the nation. These issues were climacteric for a budding nation in search for it’s individuality. Andrew Jackson’s lasting legacy include the two political
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US AP – Old Book -- CHAPTER 9: JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY I - “Democratizing” Politics -Jackson’s inauguration symbolized the triumph of “democracy” -the achievement of place and station by “the common man” -Jackson felt that everyone was as competent and politically important as his neighbor -difference between Jeffersonian democracy and Jacksonian was more of attitude than of practice -Jefferson believed that ordinary citizens could be educated to determine right from wrong
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The Jacksonian Era: 1828=1848. New York: Harper and Row‚ 1959. "Second Bank of United States." USHistory.org. Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. 11 Dec 2007 <http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_2bank.htm>. "South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification‚ November 24‚ 1832.." Yale.edu. 1999. The Avalon Project at Yale University. 16 Dec 2007
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Presidential Outline #10 – John Tyler I. John Tyler (1790-1862) II. John Tyler (Whig) Only Term (1841-1845) III. Education and Occupation A. President Van Buren didn’t receive much education as a child. His parents were Dutch and spoke fluent Dutch. His father‚ Abraham‚ owned a tavern. In the tavern‚ Van Buren spent much of his childhood observing‚ studying‚ and listening to the political arguments there‚ giving him some experience. His formal
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President Andrew Jackson should be removed completely from the twenty dollar bill. Jackson created disorder in the economy and government. Who wants a man that forces natives out of their homeland because he believes they are the ones bothering him? Jackson thinks only for himself and not others. The bank was not closing when he wanted it to close‚ so he took it into his own hands to close it himself. In result‚ the economy was destroyed for many years until it began to recover. Jackson is the type
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John C. Calhoun: The Starter of the Civil War If one person could be called the instigator of the Civil War‚ it was John C. Calhoun -- Unknown. The fact that he never wanted the South to break away from the United States as it would a decade after his death‚ his words and life ’s work made him the father of secession. In a very real way‚ he started the American Civil War. Slavery was the foundation of the antebellum South. More than any other characteristic‚ it defined Southern social‚ political
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