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Tarun Sai Bhadri

Jackson, Andrew | NCpedia - 0 views

  • Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they never can be maintained. ... The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the Union. ---Andrew Jackson, Second Inaugural Address, 1833
  • Jackson's military career, which had begun in the Revolution, continued in 1802 when he was elected major general of the Tennessee militia. Ten years later Tennessee Governor Willie Blount (of the North Carolina Blount family) gave him the rank of major general of U.S. forces. In 1814, after several devastating campaigns against Native Americans in the Creek War, he was finally promoted to major general in the regular army. Jackson also later led troops during the First Seminole War in Florida.
  • Jackson's opponents were Henry Clay of Kentucky, John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, and William H. Crawford of Georgia who were respectively speaker of the house, secretary of state, and secretary of the treasury.
    • Merritt Dudgeon
       
      Why were they opponents of Andrew Jackson?
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  • Jacksonians often referred to the 1824 election as the "Stolen Election" because while Jackson swept the popular vote hands down, he did not have enough electoral votes to automatically win the presidency. Therefore the election had to be decided by the House of Representatives.
  • Jackson believed in a strong presidency and he vetoed a dozen pieces of legislation, more than the first six presidents put together. Jackson also believed in a strong Union and this belief brought him into open opposition with Southern legislators, especially those from South Carolina.
  • Another major issue during Jackson's presidency was his refusal to sanction the recharter of the Bank of the United States. Jackson thought Congress had not had the authority to create the Bank in the first place, but he also viewed the Bank as operating for the primary benefit of the upper classes at the expense of working people. Jackson used one of his dozen vetoes, and the Bank's congressional supporters did not have enough votes to override him.
  • 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.
    • Tarun Sai Bhadri
       
      Was revenge part of Andrew Jackson's enthusiasm of war against the British? How did Andrew Jackson treat his British prisoners?
  • All his life Jackson was a loyal friend and a fierce enemy. This was never more true than during his years in politics at the national level beginning with the 1824 presidential election.
    • Tarun Sai Bhadri
       
      I wonder whether any of his friends were disloyal or committed treason against him?
Matthew Wilkie

Andrew Jackson Presidential Dollar - 0 views

  • The Andrew Jackson Presidential Dollar was released on August 14, 2008. This was the seventh coin in the Presidential Dollars series and the third release of 2008.
    • Matthew Wilkie
       
      Was Andrew Jackson in the era when a president could be reelected as many times as they wanted, or only allowed to serve two terms?
  • Nashville, Tennessee. This was President Jackson’s former home.
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  • A ceremonial “coin pour” of new Andrew Jackson Dollars took place. The public was invited to exchange their paper dollars for new dollar coins.
    • Matthew Wilkie
       
      Where these coins intended to take over paper money?
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      Did the U.S. stop production of paper dollars so people would use the $1 Coins?
  • Andrew Jackson fought in the Revolutionary War and was a hero in the War of 1812. As President, he worked to strengthen the executive branch of the government, vetoing more bills than the prior six presidents combined.
  • The obverse was designed by Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by Jim Licaretz. The reverse was designed and sculpted by Don Everhart.
Chance S

Aaron Burr Duel - 1 views

  • One of the most shocking events of his presidency was the Aaron Burr duel with Alexander Hamilton
  • Duels were not uncommon
  • perhaps by flinging his glove before him, the origin of the phrase "throwing down the gauntlet"
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  • affairs in order and written their will
  • Alexander Hamilton had called Vice President Aaron Burr "a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government" which had been printed in a newspaper
  • requested an immediate retraction and apology
  • Weehawken, New Jersey
  • Aaron Burr was let off and completed his term as Vice President
  • Alexander Hamilton was 47 years old and Aaron Burr was 48 years old.
    • Chance S
       
      Why didn't he want to take a shot?
    • Chance S
       
      Why did he choose Nathaniel?
    • Chance S
       
      Why wouldn't Hamilton shoot Burr?
    • Chance S
       
      Why did Hamilton choose Pendleton?
Merritt Dudgeon

USA-Presidents.Info - Andrew Jackson - 0 views

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    Andrew Jackson ( March 15 , 1767 - June 8 , 1845 ) was the seventh ( 1829 - 1837 ) President of the United States, sometimes called "Old Hickory". Andrew Jackson's parents Andrew Jackson, Sr (c. 1730 - February , 1767 ) and Elizabeth "Betty" Hutchinson (c.
Merritt Dudgeon

Andrew Jackson Biography - 7th U.S. President Timeline & Life - 0 views

  • Jackson was given the nickname “Old Hickory” because of his tough personality and sometimes his aggressiveness.
  • Andrew Jackson was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson. He was born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaws area, a Scottish-Irish community situated between the borders of North and South Carolina.
  • Jackson was a hailed war hero, defeating the Creek Indians during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, and also the British during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
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  • There was a famous incident during their imprisonment where Andrew Jackson was asked to clean the boots of a British officer. The brave, young Jackson refused to do so and the officer slashed Jackson with his sword, leaving scars on his head as well as his left hand.
  • On April 27, 1781, Jackson’s mother secured the release of both her sons. Sadly, both brothers contracted small pox while they were imprisoned and just days after they were both released, Robert died. When Elizabeth was assured that her remaining son Andrew would survive, she went as a volunteer to help nurse prisoners of war in Charleston harbor.
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    Andrew Jackson 7th United States President" Previous Next " In office Mar. 4, 1829 - Mar. 4, 1837 V. President John C. Calhoun Martin Van Buren Political Party Democratic Personal Info Born Mar.
Dorian Wilson

Andrew Jackson - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com - 0 views

  • After narrowly losing to John Quincy Adams in the contentious 1824 presidential election, Jackson returned four years later to win redemption
  • Jackson joined a convention charged with drafting the new Tennessee state constitution and became the first man to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
    • Dorian Wilson
       
      What was the tennessee constitution about?
  • served as a major general in the War of 1812, commanded U.S. forces in a five-month campaign against the Creek Indians, allies of the British
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  • Jackson’s supporters raged against what they called the “corrupt bargain” between Clay and Adams, and Jackson himself resigned from the Senate.
  • Jackson became the leader of the new Democratic Party.
  • Jackson became the leader of the new Democratic Party
  • Andrew Jackson took no action after Georgia claimed millions of acres of land that had been guaranteed to the Cherokee Indians under federal law
  • John C. Calhoun.
Andrew Plumaj

Andrew Jackson presidendcy - 1 views

  • More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man.
    • Lauren Curran
       
      Who suggested Andrew Jackson to run for president?
  • by 1828 enough had joined "Old Hickory" to win numerous state elections and control of the Federal administration in Washington.
    • Lauren Curran
       
      When did his first come up with the idea of "Old Hickory"?
  • Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Whig leaders proclaimed themselves defenders of popular liberties against the usurpation of Jackson
    • Lauren Curran
       
      Why did they not want it?
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  • Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff.
  • Clay and Webster, who had acted as attorneys for the Bank, led the fight for its recharter in Congress
  • But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee.
  • Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel.
  • He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate
  • Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education
    • Caroline Morris
       
      How was Andrew Jackson able to make up for his incomplete education and still become a lawyer?
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    in the duel did Andrew Jackson purposely kill the other man?
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    what was the insult to Mrs.Jackson that started the duel?
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    who was the other person in the duel?
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    Why did hennry clay make insults about ms.jackson When did andrew jackson get married Why was it such an affence to the rest of the united states
Jessica Fisher

Presidents of the United States (POTUS) - Andrew Jackson - 1 views

  • Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1796-97 United States Senator, 1797-98 Justice on Tennessee Supreme Court, 1798-1804 Governor of the Florida Territory, 1821 United States Senator, 1823-25
  • U.S. became debt free (briefly) for the only time in history.
    • Jessica Fisher
       
      What did the U.S. do to break through the debt and why did they not stay above?
  • Jackson signs Treaty of New Echota with unrecognized leaders of Cherokee Nation, which allows him to force the Cherokees to move to land in what is now Oklahoma. 4,000 Native Americans die on this journey, also known as the Trail of Tears.
    • Jessica Fisher
       
      Why did these leaders agree to sign the treaty?
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  • Jackson was the only president who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
  • Jackson was involved in many duels
    • Jessica Fisher
       
      What events led to his capture (how did he get captured, where was he taken)?
Alberto Whitmer

War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans - 0 views

  • Andrew Jackson is the only president who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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  • The War of 1812 gave him the national recognition he would later need to win the presidency.
Trevor Dunn

Trail of Tears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Andrew Jackson continued and renewed the political and military effort for the removal of the Native Americans from these lands with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
  • While the latter ruling was famously defied by Jackson,[9] the actions of the Jackson administration were not isolated because state and federal officials had violated treaties without consequence, often attributed to military exigency, as the members of individual Native American nations were not automatically United States citizens and were rarely given standing in any U.S. court.
  • The military actions and subsequent treaties enacted by the Jackson and Van Buren administrations pursuant to the 1830 law are widely considered to have directly caused the expulsion or death of a substantial part of the Native Americans then living in the southeastern United States.
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  • Jackson had no desire to use the power of the national government to protect the Cherokees from Georgia, since he was already entangled with states’ rights issues in what became known as the nullification crisis. With the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the U.S. Congress had given Jackson authority to negotiate removal treaties, exchanging Indian land in the East for land west of the Mississippi River. Jackson used the dispute with Georgia to put pressure on the Cherokees to sign a removal treaty.[29]
  • and signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, was imposed by his successor President Martin Van Buren who allowed Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama an armed force of 7,000 made up of militia, regular army, and volunteers under General Winfield Scott to round up about 13,000 Cherokees into concentration camps at the U.S. Indian Agency near Cleveland, Tennessee before being sent to the West. Most of the deaths occurred from disease, starvation and cold in these camps. Their homes were burned and their property destroyed and plundered. Farms belonging to the Cherokees for generations were won by white settlers in a lottery.
Dorian Wilson

Andrew Jackson Biography -7th President of the United States - 1 views

  • the Democratic-Republican Party
    • Angelina R
       
      Why did the Democratic-Republican party split?
  • In 1796, he served at the convention that created the Tennessee Constitution. He was elected in 1796 as Tennessee's first US Representative and then as US Senator in 1797 from which he resigned after eight months.
  • In May 1814 he was made Major General of the army fighting the War of 1812. On January 8, 1815, he defeated the British in New Orleans and was lauded as a hero.
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  • From 1838-39, troops led over 15,000 Cherokees from Georgia in what is called the Trail of Tears.
  • In 1824, Jackson ran for President against John Quincy Adams. He won the popular vote but the lack of an electoral majority resulted in the election being decided in the House.
  • Andrew Jackson was born either in North or South Carolina on March 15, 1767.
  • enforce the tariff
    • Angelina R
       
      Why didn't Jackson let South Carolina use nullification?
  • favored the wealthy
    • Angelina R
       
      What made Jackson think that the Second Bank would favor the wealthy over the common people?
  • 54% of the popular vote
Camilla B

The Seventh US President - Andrew Jackson - 1 views

    • Camilla B
       
      Why was he the only president not born of health? What did he do to be known as a man of the people? How was his life changed/affected after his wife died of a heart attack?
Tarun Sai Bhadri

The 1828 Presidential Election < Andrew Jackson 1767-1845 A brief biography < Biographi... - 0 views

  • All of Jackson's high-handed actions as General were brought up. One notable example was the "Coffin Handbill" featuring pictures of 6 coffins, and describing one-sidedly the story of some soldiers that Jackson had court-martialed and executed. Naturally, Jackson's record of dueling made good print for the opposition.
  • The South was adamantly anti-tariff, and prominent South Carolinians were on the verge of proclaiming a right to "Nullify" offensive national laws, with a threat of succession if Washington intervened by force.
  • In December, it had become obvious that Jackson won the election in a landslide. The count was 178 to 83 electoral votes, or 647,276 to 508,064 electoral votes.
    • Merritt Dudgeon
       
      How did Andrew Jackson convince people that he was a president to vote for?
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  • On election day, in some places, Jackson men marched en masse to the polls, in a celebratory parade. An astonishing fact is that the number of voters counted nearly quadrupled over 1824. Four of the 24 states, including New York, took away property requirements for voting, so that basically all white males could vote.
  • Jackson as the least of two evils against the Adams-Clay alliance. And Adams was the very stereotype of New England with its disdain for the slave states and the poorly educated South and West.
  • Symbols of "Old Hickory" were everywhere. Large hickory poles erected in town squares or smaller ones attached to signs, steeples, and fore and aft on steam boats. In New York there was a parade a mile long. Hickory brooms also stood for 'Hickory' sweeping out the filth of corruption.
    • Tarun Sai Bhadri
       
      What does Hickory have to do with a presidential election?
  • During the campaign, Jackson was mostly out of sight, as was thought proper for a presidential candidate.
    • Tarun Sai Bhadri
       
      Why was Andrew Jackson out of sight during his presidential campaign? 
  • Yet they supported Jackson.
    • Tarun Sai Bhadri
       
      I wonder if Southerner approved of Jackson's policies during his presidential term (even though they supported him to office)? 
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