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  • 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.
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      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.
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      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
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      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
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      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
Andrew Plumaj

Andrew Jackson | Infoplease.com - 0 views

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    Andrew Jackson Born: Birthplace: Waxhaw, S.C. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in what is now generally agreed to be Waxhaw, S.C. After a turbulent boyhood as an orphan and a British prisoner, he moved west to Tennessee, where he soon qualified for law practice but found time for such frontier pleasures as horse racing, cockfighting, and dueling.
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