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    connect with my lessons, because this is something that we find very wrong today. However in that time period, this was considered normal. This might be because it wasn’t viewed as wrong in that time period, or nobody told them it was wrong. In 1830, Andrew Jackson passed a law referred to as the indian removal act of 1830. This law made a lot of natives leave their homes and move west. A lot of them died during the process (webquest 6).This ties into my…

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    you ever wonder Why andrew jackson was an important person in history? The battle of new Orleans was a battle between America and Great Britain. The British though it would give them control of the vast majority if the newly acquired Louisiana purchase. It was an important event even though the treaty of ghent was signed after they battled. During the battle America had no trained soldiers Great britain had lots of soldiers who were trained. Despite the number difference Andrew jackson still…

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    Through the people's eyes Andrew Jackson was a representative figure of that era.The people of this era were intrigued by his leadership and his huge roll in political power. Jackson had a huge influence on the American society in this era. Washington McCartney in his document , Eulogy stated that he was “ he was embodiment of the true spirit of the nation in which he lived.” With that being said Jackson was the man of his time. He established a democratic party and he was its own leader. Also…

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    Manifest Destiny Tyranny

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    From the protest of Cherokee council and how the Cherokees believed that they should not be removed from their fatherlands and the speech by Andrew Jackson saying that the removal of Native Americans is a good idea and that it would be better for United States and the Native Americans and they could maybe get rid of Cherokees savage ways and become civilized and christians. Also from the story…

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    The Jackson administration was a great crime in the history of the United States, President Andrew Jackson has managed to bring continual destruction to our nation. For three main reasons were the charges placed upon President Jackson; the first reason, in which Pres. Jackson destroyed the separation of powers by illegally increasing the pre-established powers of a President. For the second justification, was when he weakened the federal system of government by impairing the power of state…

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    Andrew Jackson's presidency began in 1828, his main goal of becoming a president was to help with the peoples wills. Andrew thought that people wouldn't know what a democracy was, until america's political process was significantly reformed. While he was running for president, he made a political organization that directed out towards the public. He didn't like the institutions that divided the poor and rich. President Jackson didn't have time for political processes that got in the way of his…

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    The fact on how democratic or undemocratic Jacksonian Democracy was, can be largely disputed. For one to argue such a point a definition of terms must be applied; democracy is a system of government by the whole population or all the suitable members of a state, generally through elected representatives. For a white man during this time, Jacksonian Democracy was extremely democratic. It was based on the idea that all white men should have the right to vote and that they could freely partake in…

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    During the election, a major event happened and Henry Clay was almost directly responsible for it. That event would later be dubbed the “Corrupt Bargain” by Andrew Jackson. During the election, there were four major candidates, William Crawford, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. (Citation needed) During the election, Jackson won more of the popular vote and electoral vote but there was no clear majority. (Citation needed) The vote went to the House…

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    Malcolm Gladwell’s thesis in The Warren Harding Error is that we possess both conscious and unconscious thoughts, however, our unconscious thoughts directly affect us more than we are aware of. These subconscious thoughts are shaped by our experiences and environment, and directly impact our behavior and actions. Gladwell has multiple claims throughout the article the primary one being that we have powerful associations with words and people's appearances, and just being exposed to them can have…

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    Who used to dominate the business world of America? The men are called the titans and they had many traits that made them so great. Cornelius Vanderbilt, John B. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan were four of them. The Titans shared many traits, three of which were being future thinkers, being strategic thinkers, and being risk takers and these traits helped them build America into what it is today. To succeed, the titans had to be strategic. Cornelius Vanderbilt, demonstrating this…

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