Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States of America. Enlisting in the army at 13, Jackson later on became a general, and later became president. So that leaves the question, was Jackson democratic? No, Andrew Jackson was not, he bullied the indians out of their own home and if they didn’t leave he forced them out, some Americans thought of him as a tyrant or monarch and people usually only do that if they have good reason, and he assisted in destroying the economy after he abolished
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, and he served two terms from 1829-1837. While serving as president Jackson was able to thoroughly assert his will on the nation while consistently retaining an overwhelming popular stature amongst the citizens of the U.S. Jackson’s presidency has been widely debated and analyzed in terms of its effectiveness compared to other U.S. presidents. Proponents of Jackson’s presidency point to Jackson’s ability to focus legislation that directly
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The Trail of Tears 2 Who were John Ross and Joseph Vann? Describe the series of events that resulted in them losing their homes. How did the efforts of Major Ridge and Elias Boudinot cause a “serious split’ in the Cherokees’ attempt to keep their native lands? 3 In December of 1835, a Cherokee treaty council signed away tribal lands and agreed to move the Cherokee people west of the Mississippi. What methods did the American Government use to obtain that treaty? Discuss the paradox of how a nation
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took matters into their own hands and took the case to the Supreme Court. The Cherokees won a favorable decision because Georgia had no jurisdiction over the Cherokees and no claim to their land. Still, Georgica officials ignored this and President Jackson didn’t enforce it. (USHistory.org) Thus began the march of the Trail of Tears. Men, women, and children were forced to pack up their belongings on a march to an “Indian Territory” in Oklahoma which was created by the United States government. They
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How does your tradition define you? In the story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.On a sunny day in a village each year young boys would pile rocks ,and families would gather together.”The Lottery” was a yearly tradition the people in the village had to sacrifice a member of their family.The two characters that stood out to me was tessie hutchinson and Mrs.Delacroix. The main character in the story is Tessie Hutchinson.The day of “The Lottery” She arrived to the gathering forgetting what day it was
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Persecution is the hostility and ill treatment, especially because of race, political, or religious beliefs. In the story "The Lottery" the author Shirley Jackson created a Gothic Ficttion story to represent randomness of persecution. In "The Lottery" every townsmen in the village gathered together to pull random names out of an old black box. The random names were the names of people who lived in the small town. If their names happened to be drawed, it was mandatory that they were killed by whoever
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stoned to death when that person chooses a specifically marked piece of paper in a black box filled with blank pieces of paper. Many objects in “The Lottery” represent things we are more familiar with. For example, the black box represents death. Jackson uses this symbolism to help communicate the story’s meaning. The black box from which the people pick the pieces of paper represents the lottery’s history. It is first introduced just before the lottery begins. It is said to have existed there before
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Andrew Jackson is a general in the US army. In 1818, he writes a report to the US secretary of War, John Calhoun . During this time the Seminole indians have been attacking the Americans living on the frontier in Georgia. Calhoun has directed General Jackson to campaign against the Seminole indians. Jackson has recently taken over the Spanish Fort St. Marks. (Jackson, 256) Jackson’s report to Calhoun justifies his actions during his campaign and states that it was done within the spirit of both Calhoun
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The Positives of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was a president that did many positive things for the people and country of America. He contributed while in the presidency and out of it, he played a successful role in being active in the military, setting up a cabinet for our government, helped our budget, and much more. He had bumps along the way but so does everyone, overall he was a president that was for us and had a main purpose of caring for us. Jackson’s military career had its ups and downs
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Andrew Jackson received more electoral and popular votes than any other candidate, but not the majority of 131 electoral votes needed to win the presidential election of 1824. He gained the most popular votes with 153,544 than other four candidates. John Quincy Adams gained 108,740, and William Crawford and Henry respectively gained 46,618 votes and 47,136 votes (Election of 1824). In addition, Andrew Jackson spend most of John Quincy Adam’s term renewing his own campaign for the presidential election
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