Andrew Jackson: The American Lion
Waxham, NC or SC
American Revolution
Orphaned; mother and 2 brothers died after Revolution
Nashville, Tennessee
Rachel Donelson Robards
Accused of Bigamy; never had a formal divorce
Hermitage – Jackson’s House
Duel – Charles Dickinson
Shootout – Fighting Thomas Hart Benton – shot by brother Jesse in the Shoulder
Creek Indians – Horseshoe Bend – adopted an Indian orphan
General at the Battle of New Orleans
1.Bullet irritating his heart; 2. 5 weeks after his shoulder was shot (a piece of bone fell off and he sent it to his wife); 3. suffering from diarrhea ….. All while riding in a saddle
Nicknamed “Old Hickory”
“Hero of New Orleans”
First Seminole War – attacked Seminoles in Florida
1824 Election
Corrupt Bargain – Clay helps Adams win in 1824; makes Clay Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams
Democratic Party
Jackson Wins 1828 Election – Jacksonian Democracy
Spoils System
Indian Removal Act
John Marshall – Wocester v. Georgia Jackson – “Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it ”
Trail of Tears
Nicholas Biddle – AJ vetoed the 2 nd Bank of the US
Whig Party – new political party against AJ
PresidentRegular VetoesPocket VetoesTotal VetoesVetoes Overridden George Washington2 2 John Adams 0 Thomas Jefferson 0 James Madison527 James Monroe1 1 John Q. Adams 0 Andrew Jackson5712
Peggy Eaton Affair
John C. Calhoun – VP – resigned over Tariffs and Eaton Affair
Tariffs of Abomination – high tariffs
Nullification – states could ignore any federal laws they thought were unconstitutional
Compromise – AJ threatened to spill blood in S. Carolina
Martin Van Buren – 1836 – first, worst depression – due to bank of US
Old Hickory