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    Elected as the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson was the first westerner to enter the White House. As president, Jackson had many roles in the major events of the time of 1829-1837. He was seen by the citizens of the United States in different lights partially because of the way he treated the American Indians. While in the same presidency, he represented the people as a modern president would. He is considered the first modern president because of the way he listened to the…

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    the first court case, the federal government overpowered the states. The McCulloch versus Maryland case showed that the court protected the second Bank of the United States. In the case, the state of Maryland tried to put a tax on a branch of the bank that was operating in Maryland. The branch of the Bank, naturally, refused to pay the tax since “the power to tax involves the power to destroy” (343). The court case ruled that the states had no power to interfere with federal institutions, which…

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    In modernizing America in the years of 1900-1945, four major things occurred, the world war one, 1920s, Great Depression and the New Deal, and the second world war. World war one began because the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in 1914. At the beginning of the war President Wilson decided to stay neutral. Later the Lusitania was sunk by Germany and Germany also sent a letter to Mexico called the Zimmerman telegram. During this era many technologies and techniques for war…

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    Andrew Jackson was an american soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and was the founder of the democratic party. Before being elected president, Jackson served in congress and gained fame as a general in the United States Army. As president, Andrew Jackson favored to advance the “common man” against what he saw was a “corrupt aristocracy” and to preserve the union. President Donald Trump’s claim that Jackson was an “ Amazing figure in…

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    After a decade of Republican presidents, rose Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democratic president. The Great Depression had led the United States into wreckage. Even after ten years of the Great Depression, families did not earn enough money for a living in the United States. Each family needed more money than sixty percent of the Americans earned (). In 1932, around two million Americans were homeless, who became wanderers. With them were the victims of starvation and malnutrition. Men lost their…

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    elites and the rich from the East anymore; instead, the common people believed they could actually rule America. Second, the federal power was restrained as opposed to the states’ rights. He opposed the American System that empowered the federal government an active role in participating in the economic development across the nation as well as disapproving the Bank of the United States and corporations that monopolized American financial resource. Third, he introduced the Kitchen Cabinet from…

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    The United States wasn't always an independent world power that it is today, this country started out as 13 small colonies owned and controlled by Great Britain. Before gaining independence, the colonies would essentially have to deal with whatever Britain threw their way, whether it's war debt or trade regulations. This was reason enough for the 13 Colonies to seek their independence. These colonies were finally established as an independent nation on July 4, 1776 and became the United States…

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    The 2008 collapse is a big issue in the United States, and the reasons that cause the collapse actually, there are a lot of reasons. However, there are four significant reasons. The first reason is a financial crisis. The second reason is banking collapse. The third reason is subprime mortgage crisis. The fourth reason is the downfall of the market crisis. The first reason is a financial collapse. In 2008 financial crisis is born on millions of Americans and is one of the most topics in the…

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    Andrew Jackson A Hero

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    the sixth president of the United States and he was the son…

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    history of the United States. The New York stock market crashed because individuals that had the stock wanted to sell them, and no one was willing to buy. During the roaring twenties, people had spent more on investment, and could no longer pay off their debts and loans, which resulted in the urge to sell their stocks. The following several years experienced a drop in investment…

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