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    much nationalism they don't want to go against what the government is saying. Andrew Jackson knows the Republicans aren’t real republicans, The federalist joined the Republicans and gave them their ideas. Therefore he forms the Democrats that put a new spin on the government. Some of Jackson laws lead to the states fighting for their rights to nullify and the…

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    In 1826 a twist in American political history transpired when Andrew Jackson was elected president. Andrew Jackson won presidency over John Quincy Adams. Since the 1800s democratic practices had been in predominance. Andrew Jackson’s supporters were known as the democracy or democrats. The democracy gave birth to the democratic party there by initiating the second party system. The Second Party system arose in the United Sates in 1828. During this time the major parties included the Democratic…

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    the fact that Andrew Jackson was elected through the utilization of democracy, he used his presidency to further democratize America through bettering the lives of the majority. Andrew Jackson’s election was revolutionary in the timeline of American democracy. Prior to Jackson’s election, each of the presidential candidates were wealthy, and…

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    The Jacksonian Democracy

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    Party System trying to get a better democracy for the common man by the American politicians and Andrew Jackson’s supports (History.com Staff). The Jacksonian democracy went from the 1820’s which was the time Andrew Jackson was elected president, and till around the 1840’s (History.com Staff). The Jacksonian Democracy was also in the united states only (Schlesinger, Arthur M. The Age of Jackson). Jackson was a intelligent man everyone liked, respected, and was thought to be smart enough to…

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    people. Jackson believed that by moving the Native Americans out of the southeastern United States and onto the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) that he would be aiding the Natives in a manner that would assist in the rehabilitation of their culture and society, which has been under continuous attack since colonization of the New World. According to Thomas Abernathy, the tough-guy appearance of Andrew Jackson explains a great deal about the President. On the battlefield, Jackson took…

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    Andrew Jackson was considered to be a great leader of his time, as president and also before and after his presidency. He was the seventh president of the United States, served as a US Congressman for Tennessee, and was also a great military leader for the US throughout his life. Growing up, Andrew Jackson had a difficult, and different journey, but he ended up being successful. Things like British prison camps, losing his close family, becoming rich as a young adult, and getting a job as a…

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    Andrew Jackson And Greed

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    president, he was treated only with the respect of a mere commoner. This left Junaluska to say, “oh my God, if I had known at the battle of the Horse Shoe what I know now, American history would have been differently written." If he would have let Andrew Jackson die then he would have averted this massive…

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    Historical Significance Why are the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears historically significant? The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears is historically significant because if this didn’t happen then we wouldn’t discover the west and there would be more Native Americans. An evidence to support me answer is on an article called “Trail of Tears” By Joyce Furstenau in paragraph 2 it states, “During the 1600’s, British colonists arrived. They did not pass through as De…

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    analyze, however, Andrew Jackson is one person in particular who undeniably played a huge role in shaping our country in the 1800s. A man of humble beginning that rose to prominence on the national stage and enacted his policies in a nation. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1776, on the border of North and South Carolina. He later moved to the Nashville region of Tennessee where he became a wealthy landowner from the money he made from a private law practice. In 1796, Jackson was elected…

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    Andrew Jackson's Democracy

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    The extent of Andrew Jackson’s democracy during his presidency and how democratic was he really has caused many debates. His appearance on the twenty dollars bills has caused many debates to whether or not he deserves to be on the bill becauses of some of the actions like the removal of Native Americans taken during his presidency. There are people that believe Andrew Jackson should be on the $20 bills because the U.S currency depicts images of momentous landmarks and great leader that has made…

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