Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson's bad reputation is his support for the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act was the proposed relocation of "the Five Civilized Tribes" of native Americans to present day Oklahoma. This relocation was calledThe Trail of Tears, on this forced relocation, of the 15,000 native Americans relocated 4,000 died of starvation, hunger, and disease. This relocation was highly supported by the southern states, and by Jackson being from Tennessee he strongly supported this relocation. Jackson's administration took a lot of criticism for this as a result. The Trail of Tears is often considered "one of the saddest chapters in American history.

Andrew Jackson was a complex person. He had led a violent and adventurous life. He was quick to lose his temper, and he dealt with his enemies harshly. When he became President, his opponents sarcastically called him "King Andrew." Jackson intended to be a strong president by expanding the powers of the presidency.

Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill renewing the charter. Jackson did not favor a strong centralized government, and aimed to prevent a central government-run bank as well.

He was a complex person who led a violent and adventurous life. He was quick to lose his temper and dealt with his enemies harshly. Jackson intended to be a strong president by expanding the powers of the presidency. At the same time, Jackson's supporters admired his ability to inspire and lead others. They considered him a man of his word and a champion of the common people.

they beleived it favored a small number of rich investors.

Jackson was not rich, not from one of the old , established American families. He had had little education and had no connection with the founding fathers, who fomented the American revolution, conducted the Revolutionary War and wrote and ratified the US Constitution. All of the presidents before him were "in on the ground floor", so to speak, either founding fathers or in the case of Quincy Adams, the son of a founding father, and so all had ties and position in the administration that came before them. Jackson's parents were poor immigrants and he lived in the Western frontier rather than on the seaboard.
Unlike the first six presidents, Jackson was the son of immigrants , had no connection to the any of the founding fathers and lived on the Western frontier rather than in Massachusetts or Virginia.

No, he was just a child when the Declaration of Independence was written.

President Andrew Jackson's unofficial cabinet became known as the Kitchen Cabinet. This was a term created and used by his opponents.

"To the victors belong the spoils" - This showed that Jackson was selfish and he filled many jobs with unqualified people

Since he believed that anyone could qualify for a position in the government provided that they had supported Jackson (were loyal to him and helped him get elected)

Andrew Jackson played an important part in the War of 1812. At the battle of New Orleans, which actually took place after the official end of the war, he soundly defeated the British forced trying to capture New Orleans. This victory brought him great fame and helped him win the presidency later on.

National Banking problems and the economy

Andrew Jackson Smith was born on 1815-04-28.

Quincy Adams

The Maysville Road Bill would have allowed government to purchase stock in a company that was organized for the purpose of constructing a road that would link Lexington, KY and Maysville, KY. President Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill, on the grounds that federal monies should only be used for the benefit of the country as a whole, and not for localized ventures.

Nicolas Biddle was the president of the Second Bank of the United States and was Andrew Jackson's chief opponent in the bank war. The so-called bank war was a dispute over the restructuring of the national bank.

Jackson was known to have had three adopted sons. An Indian about whom little is known named Theodore. The son of his wifes dead brother Severn Donelson named Andrew Jackson Jr. And Lyncoya, a Creek Indian orphan who was adopted by Jackson after Jackson's army had decimated his tribe in the Creek War. Lyncoya died of tuberculosis in 1828, at the approximate age of sixteen.

no! he portrayed it as the enemy of the people and a tool of the elite.

His military career was not long, but he did read books on military history and was a serious general. He also had a talent for inspiring confidence in his men and knew when he had to be tough in order to maintain discipline. He won most of the battles he fought, culminating in the Battle of New Orleans which was probably the greatest land victory in the history of the US. Yes, he was surely a successful general-- I do not know where he ranks among students of military strategy.

Jackson was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. While a POW,he was ordered to by a British officer to shine his boots. Jackson refused and the officer slashed him across the forehead with his saber. Jackson bore a scar from this all his life.

Jackson was a Senator for a very short time, but he represented what was then the new state of Tennessee.

He believed that the Wealthy Slave owners were very important to the country.

Andrew Jackson disobeyed the Supreme Court over removing Native Americans from their land. He fought the idea of a national bank. He threatened to bring the army to South Carolina if it nullified the Tariff bill of 1832.

John Calhoun and Andrew Jackson were staunch political foes. The situation was made worse when Calhoun persuaded South Carolina to nullify tariffs set in place by the Jackson administration in 1828 and 1832. Jackson petitioned Congress and won the right to use federal forces to enforce federal law, and anchored wars ships off the Charleston coast.

Andrew Jackson future president of the US fought at the Battle of Hanging Rock (North Carolina) at the age of 13 and was taken prisoner by the British. George Washington was the first president to have been captured as prisoner of war, in the French and Indian war.