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    Nicole T How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Mr. P 12/21/12 Andrew Jackson was the first person from the West to be elected as member of the senate and later a president of United States. He was also a war hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812 against the British. As president he destroyed the charter of the Bank of the United States by abusing his veto power. But the reason the people consider him a "Democratic" is because he granted his supporters‚ friends‚ and illiterate

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    first trains Slater Opens First Textile Mill Samuel Slater - nation’s first water-powered textile mill Lowell Builds Fully Operational Mill Francis Cabot Lowell took secret information to build the mill Factory Work Changes Lives garment trade was primary manufacturing increased pace of work and divided labor into many small tasks reduced amount of skill and training required less pay Inventions Transform Industry and Agriculture New Methods of Production interchangeable parts - identical

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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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    Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. For example‚ the cases of Indian Removal Act and the Spoil System. The issue of the Indian Removal Act proves Andrew Jackson was not a democratic president. Jackson said he would completely remove Indians if he got elected as president because the white people wanted the land the Indians were living on. The Supreme Court said that the Indians can stay‚ but Jackson ignored them. He forced them to leave‚ but some didn’t‚ so that is how the trail of

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    Andrew JacksonWas He a Great President or a Villain? Christina Nguyen November 18‚ 2015 US I HIS 121 Fall 15 Instructor: Verzosa   President Andrew Jackson‚ the first man from the western state of Tennessee voted into office in 1828‚ was one of the most controversial president in American history. As the American political party system takes its shape‚ Andrew Jackson became the leader of the newly established Democratic Party. Andrew Jackson represented and appealed to the common man. Jackson

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    John Quincy Adams‚ Henry Clay‚ and Andrew Jackson did not gain enough electoral votes to win. In accordance with the constitution‚ the election was settled in the House‚ and to the people’s dismay‚ Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams gain enough votes to become President‚ in what what later known by the Democrats as the “corrupt bargain.” A war hero and aristocrat from the agrarian state of Tennessee who liked to chew tobacco and duel with pistols‚ Andrew Jackson was particularly livid about the results

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    President Jackson: Common Man or “King AndrewAndrew Jackson was a strong president who used his title to pursue his own agendas. In any ways he can be viewed as a king‚ rather than the common man that he was when he grew up. Jackson instilled fear in many‚ and behind his back was called “King Andrew” jokingly. The title was a joke but in many ways described his presidency. More than often he did away with the laws of the constitution and followed his own ways. In 1829 Andrew Jackson

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    Jillian Vo Period 5 How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Andrew Jackson was a much known president‚ to the point people still wanted him to be president even after he had passed. Although people might think he was a democratic‚ he wasn’t. Jackson had a brutal childhood‚ his father died around the time he was born and he wanted to go into the war. After the many battles he has fought in it changed the way he thought. When he returned his mother had died and he was on his own once again. He proceeded

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    Andrew Jackson DBQ Jackson was a man of many faces‚ and many of his views were not democratic. First‚ Jackson was not democratic for economic reasons‚ such as the Bank veto. Second‚ Jackson was not democratic for political reasons‚ such as implementing the Spoils system. Third‚ Jackson was not democratic for social reasons‚ such as being pro-slavery. Jacksonian views are not democratic. First‚ Jackson was not democratic for political reasons. During his presidency many of his actions were

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    choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Reading Comprehension Directions Read the following selections. Then answer the questions that follow. Athene’s City Olivia Coolidge In the days when Greece was first being settled‚ Cecrops was king in Attica‚ a rugged‚ triangular little country‚ good mainly for goat farming and the culture of honey bees‚ and surrounded on two sides by the sea. Here Cecrops planned a city around a steep rock that jutted from the plain

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