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Andrew Jackson?
how did andrew jackson represent a change in american politics? Any interesting facts about him? I have a project due and hes one of the topics and before i start research i wanted to know some things about him.
He was instrumental in adopting the spoils system in government. An informal practice by which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to it's voters as a reward for working toward victory and an incentive to keep them working for the party. -- He is the only President to be a P.O.W. At age 13, Jackson and his brother were prisoners of the British. -- During the 1828 Presidental election, opponents refered to him as " Jackass " he liked the name and used it as a symbol, later it became the symbol of the Democratic party. -- He was the first President to be born in a log cabin and the first to ride a railroad train. -- Jackson had the first known case of a politician being handed a baby to kiss. He declined. -- First President to survive an assassination attempt. -- At his funeral in 1845, his pet parrot had to be removed for swearing.
Why did Andrew Jackson believethat the Native Americansneeded to be moved west of theMississippi river?
How Was Andrew Jacksons presidency viewed by the supporters of states rights? How did Jackson respond to the 1831 Supreme Court ruling that Indians had a right to rule their lands? If you can answer any, or all of these, please help! Thank You very much.
While a populist who did much to democratize American politics for whites, he was also an arch racist who wanted to take away any rights and property the Indians held. His comment on the 1831 decision was that the court could try to enforce its ruling, but he (Jackson) commanded the Army. He pretty much ignored states rights when he wanted something done, like a highway.
How old was andrew jacksonwhen he first joined themilitary? What war did hefight then?
How old was andrew jackson when he first joined the military? What war did he fight then?
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born in the Waxhaws area near the border between North and South Carolina on March 15, 1767. Jackson's parents lived in North Carolina but historians debate on which side of the state line the birth took place. Jackson was the third child and third son of Scots-Irish parents. His father, also named Andrew, died as the result of a logging accident just a few weeks before the future president was born. Jackson's mother, Elizabeth ("Betty") Hutchison Jackson, was by all accounts a strong, independent woman. After her husband's death she raised her three sons at the South Carolina home of one of her sisters. The Declaration of Independence was signed when young Andrew was nine years old and at thirteen he joined the Continental Army as a courier. The Revolution took a toll on the Jackson family. All three boys saw active service. One of Andrew's older brothers, Hugh, died after the Battle of Stono Ferry, South Carolina in 1779, and two years later Andrew and his other brother Robert were taken prisoner for a few weeks in April 1781. While they were captives a British officer ordered them to clean his boots. The boys refused, the officer struck them with his sword and Andrew's hand was cut to the bone. Because of his ill treatment Jackson harbored a bitter resentment towards the British until his death. Both brothers contracted smallpox during their imprisonment and Robert was dead within days of their release. Later that year Betty Jackson went to Charleston to nurse American prisoners of war. Shortly after she arrived Mrs. Jackson fell ill with either ship fever or cholera and died. Andrew found himself an orphan and an only child at fourteen. Jackson spent most of the next year and a half living with relatives and for six of those months was apprenticed to a saddle maker.
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