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  ...President Andrew Jackson; A Fallicy President Andrew Jackson was one of the better embodiments of the “American Dream.” His humble beginnings made him a common man, while his vast intellect and determination made him successful. Throughout his presidency, Andrew Jackson was praised for acting on the behalf of the ordinary Americans. Yet, his personal motivations and interests that influenced his actions were often contradictory. Jackson’s first term was distinguished by private opinions altering his executive decisions as president. His opposition to the recharter of the Bank of the United States was influenced from his great loss of wealth in the Panic of 1795, Wall Street’s first financial crisis, when stocks’ value depreciated rapidly. Jackson despised Indians from previous military encounters, influencing his decision to remove the Indians from eastern territory. His opposition to the states’ rights to nullify or state that a federal law was unconstitutional was a contradiction to the Jacksonian Democracy. It values states having more voice than the federal government -- his personal affairs once again playing a role by swaying him to want to defeat his old vice-president John C. Calhoun who betrayed him in the matter. Jackson’s conduct involving these issues was not on the behalf of the common man, his controversial decisions were closely entertwined with his own...

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• Essay on Andrew Jackson

  ... Andrew Jackson Jackson was born on March 15, 1767. His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ireland two years earlier. Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current-day Northern Ireland, around 1738. Jackson's parents lived in the village of Boneybefore, also in County Antrim. When they immigrated to America in 1765, Jackson's parents probably landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They would have traveled overland down through the Appalachian Mountains to the Scots-Irish community in the Waxhaws region, straddling the border between North and South Carolina. They brought two children from Ireland, Hugh and Robert. Jackson's father died in an accident in February 1767, at the age of 29, three weeks before his son Andrew was born in the Waxhaws area. His exact birth site is unclear because he was born about the time his mother was making a difficult trip home from burying Jackson's father. The area was so remote that the border between North and South Carolina had not officially been surveyed. Jackson received a sporadic education in the local "old-field" school. In 1781, he worked for a time in a saddle-maker's shop. Later, he taught school and studied law in Salisbury, North Carolina. In 1787, he was admitted to the bar, and moved to Jonesborough, in the Western District...

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• Andrew Jackson Essay

  ... It cannot be questioned that Andrew Jackson had extreme impact serving as the United States seventh president. He, along with many others of the time, believed that with the impact he had he was even a hero. The fact of the matter, however, is that many results of his impactful decisions were often not always for the benefit of the country. His personal values alone did not seek the country’s best interest. With the overall result of the choices that Jackson made, he was indeed not hero and only limited democracy resulting in negative affects to the United States. Jackson was “born to command”, but form the very beginning of his presidency he showed that these commands didn’t always extend democracy as a whole. (Document N) Once elected, he followed the Spoil System where he appointed key supporters with government jobs. Many of these supporters lacked the qualification necessary to fulfill these positions and could not live up to the expectations of their requirements. This was extremely undemocratic as the people did not choose these representatives but rather he did, risking the country’s wellbeing. Jackson was also criticized of using a Kitchen Cabinet where he let close friends of his have considerable influence on his decisions instead of following the general opinion of United States as a whole. Of course there are times where he may think differently on a matter than the people of the...

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• Andrew Jackson Essay

  ...Andrew Fillingim Betty Sample AMH 2010 October 23, 2012 Andrew Jackson Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, born in South Carolina on March 15, 1767. He was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchingson Jackson. His dad died in 1767 and Andrew attended frontier schools while acquiring the reputation of being an easily-tempered and willing to fight any challenger. Jackson was 13 years old when the American Revolution first began and decided to become a messenger for the militia of South Carolina. Later he was admitted to practice law in 1787. The next year he settled in Nashville, Jackson quickly made a name for himself prosecuting debaters. He ended up creating a successful law practice and also engaged in land speculation. Soon enough he was married to Rachel Donelson Robards. He did not have any children, however he did adopt Rachel’s infant nephew. Andrew Jackson was in fact a soldier. He battled at Horseshoe bend and the Battle of New Orleans, and was later appointed major general to defend against the British attacks. The campaign of 1828 began as soon as Adams was elected. His supporters campaigned on his behalf, making cruel personal attacks on each other. Jackson became a symbol of democratic reform and a large amount of people looked up to him for leadership...

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• Andrew Jackson Conqueror of Florida Essay

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