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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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    Andrew Jackson Jackson was born on March 15‚ 1767. His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson‚ Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ireland two years earlier. Jackson’s father was born in Carrickfergus‚ County Antrim‚ in current-day Northern Ireland‚ around 1738. Jackson’s parents lived in the village of Boneybefore‚ also in County Antrim. When they immigrated to America in 1765‚ Jackson’s parents probably landed in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. They would have

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    11/8/10 In the 1820’s and 1830’s‚ President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian Democrats brought forth the idea that they were guardians of the Constitution and many aspects of the U.S. government. The Democrats had tried to protect what the thought was the right way to guard the Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and an equality of economic opportunity. But in the world of democracy‚ everyone has a different view. Some people supported Jackson’s efforts to preserve their views and

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    Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson I. Andrew Jackson a. March 15‚ 1767 – June 8‚ 1845 b. 61 years old II. No formal education; Occupation: Major General in the military‚ lawyer in North Carolina and Tennessee‚ Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court‚ military governor of Florida‚ also became a US Senator III. Democratic Party IV. John Quincy Adams: Federalist‚ Democratic-Republican‚ Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚

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    2A  Presidential Outline: Andrew Jackson  I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Andrew Jackson. March 15‚ 1767­ June 8‚ 1845  Jackson was born in Waxhaws which is on the borderline of North Carolina and South  Carolina. He ran for president from Tennessee.    A. Educational Background­ Jackson had a very irregular education. He didn’t  attend school on a regular basis. Jackson ended up studying law in Salisbury  North Carolina.  B. Occupational Background­ Jackson became a lawyer in Tennessee in 1787

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    Andrew Jackson: Common Man or Democratic Man? “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.”1 This quote by Andrew Jackson is only one of the many statements that he has made about the government being corrupt and being led by the wrong people. Throughout Jackson’s life‚ he was belittled and stepped on by the richer community. As a child‚ he grew on his own and learned to handle tough situations and quarrels all by himself

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    Andrew Jackson’s Report Card Letter Grade Historical Reasoning Democracy A+ Andrew Jackson respected the poor more than the rich and wealthy. He believed in common people having the same privileges as those with higher social status. He also opposed the government and the bank because he thought it favored the rich. Political parties were also holding nominating conventions which opened the ability to nominate more people making it more democratic. Spoils System B- Andrew Jackson saw the

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    As President‚ Andrew Jackson worked to pull apart the Second Bank of the United States. The original Bank of the United States had been introduced in 1791 by Alexander Hamilton as a way of organizing the federal government’s finances. This first Bank became invalid in 1811. It was followed by the second Bank‚ put together by James Madison in 1816 to reduce the economic problems caused by the War of 1812. Both Banks were involved in the growth of the U.S. economy‚ but President Jackson did not approve

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    Was Andrew Jackson the American hero that we make him out to be? Do his accomplishments as President of the United States merit the recognition they receive? During his two terms in office‚ from 1829 to 1837‚ Andrew Jackson managed to remove the Five Civilized Tribes from the Southeastern United States and kill the most stable financial institution in the country‚ causing the largest financial crisis in American history up until that point. He trampled on the most sacred of American civil liberties

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    office was Andrew Jackson a Democrat‚ indeed his promises in office were to uphold the United States Constitution along with Political democracy being assured. Jackson promised individual liberty and economic opportunity. Yet‚ Jacksonians contradicted themselves with everything they claimed to be. Jacksonians even believed they where flawless. In December of 1829‚ George Henry Evans wrote "The Working Men’s Declaration of Independence"(Doc A). Under the portrayed image of Jackson at the expense

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