1. What impression does Johnson give you of Andrew Jackson?
The impression Johnson gives of Andrew Jackson is interesting. Johnson wrote that Jackson campaigned to be president to clean up the federal capital (pg.328). He was a democrat and created the Democratic Party, but he was robbed of his presidency. Clay gave the presidency to Adams over Jackson. Johnson also wrote that though he was a handsome man he looked sick and frail looking. Journals and pamphlets were written about him and his family; the pamphlet discussed his mother and his wife Rachel. The article deemed his mother a prostitute and his marriage to Rachel as invalid. His wife eventually died from the devastating news; Jackson believed that his enemies had killed her. Jackson
The impression Johnson gives of Andrew Jackson is interesting. Johnson wrote that Jackson campaigned to be president to clean up the federal capital (pg.328). He was a democrat and created the Democratic Party, but he was robbed of his presidency. Clay gave the presidency to Adams over Jackson. Johnson also wrote that though he was a handsome man he looked sick and frail looking. Journals and pamphlets were written about him and his family; the pamphlet discussed his mother and his wife Rachel. The article deemed his mother a prostitute and his marriage to Rachel as invalid. His wife eventually died from the devastating news; Jackson believed that his enemies had killed her. Jackson