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After narrowly losing to John Quincy Adams in the contentious 1824 presidential election, Jackson returned four years later to win redemption
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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
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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.
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Jackson became the leader of the new Democratic Party.
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Jackson became the leader of the new Democratic Party
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Andrew Jackson took no action after Georgia claimed millions of acres of land that had been guaranteed to the Cherokee Indians under federal law
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John C. Calhoun.
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Andrew Jackson Biography -7th President of the United States - 1 views

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the Democratic-Republican Party
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Andrew Jackson was born either in North or South Carolina on March 15, 1767.
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enforce the tariff
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favored the wealthy
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54% of the popular vote
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