Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson

• By Jennifer Spangler
• Christopher Cox
• And Valerie Jasso

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General Information

• Born March 15, 1767 Waxhaw area on North-South
  Carolina border
• Nickname Old Hickory
• Marriage August 1791 to Rachel Donelson Robards
• Children None
• Career Lawyer, Soldier
• Political Party Democrat
• Died June 8, 1845
• Buried The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee

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Rise To Presidency

• He fought as a boy in the Revolutionary War,
  studied law, and in 1788 moved west to Nashville.
• Then serving as Tennessee prosecutor, judge,
  congressman, and senator, he won fame as a major
  general in the War of 1812 with smashing
  victories against the Creek Indians in 1814 and
  the British at New Orleans in January 1815.
• He was named America's greatest military hero
  since George Washington.
• After leading armys to Spain and Florida,
  Jackson served briefly as territorial governor
  and then as a senator, from 1823 to 1825. then
  ran in the four-candidate presidential race in
  1824.

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The Presidency

• Seventh president of the US
• First self-made man to become president
• First western president
• Served two terms

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Jackson and the Creek Indians

• Jackson ordered the destruction of many Creek
  Indian villages in a six month massacre 1813-1814
• He executed Creek Indian Chief Francis the
  Prophet at St. Marks, Florida
• Jackson executed Arbuthnot, and Armbrister, two
  traders, whom he believed to be plotting with
  indians

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Effect on the Government

• Weeded out government officials
• Created a stronger role for president
• Helped put the Indian removal act into effect
• His face was put on the twenty dollar bill
• He formed a new branch of Government
• Founded the Democratic Party

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Worst President or Best?

• Many people think of Jackson as the worst
  president
• The Native Americans that were displaced by the
  Indian Removal act do not carry 20 dollar bills
• Some people thought him brilliant for his
  strategies in battle

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Works Cited

• http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj7.h
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• http//www.brainyhistory.com/topics/j/jackson.html
  
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AndrewJackson