THE LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON BY-MARIO EID

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 ANDREW JACKSON WAS BORN ON MARCH 15, 1767, IN THE WAXHAWS REGION BETWEEN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

EARLY CHILDHOOD LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON Born in a community of Scotch-Irish immigrants along the border between North Carolina. Though his birthplace location is quite odd, he considered himself a South Carolina native. His father died before his birth and Andrew's mother and her three small boys moved in with her Crawford relatives. Jackson attended local schools, receiving an elementary education.

*NICK NAME WAS OLD HICKORY.*HE WAS OF THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PARTY.*THE SOUTH SUPPORTED HIM. PERSONAL FACTS OF ANDREW JACKSON

ELECTION OF 1824 John Adams had won the election. It was decided by the House of Representatives in what was termed by some individuals a Corrupt Bargain John Adams had won with 84 electoral votes. Mostly the south and the southeast states voted for Andrew Jackson including the northeastern states.

ELECTION OF 1828 Andrew Jackson won a the election with 56%. He won with an inspirational amount of 178 electoral votes. The southerners supported ye old Andrew Jackson.

@Around 1820’s, the idea of selecting presidents by members of congress was starting to seem election of Jackson in the 1828 made national parts stronger and later on that formed the first national political convention called the anti-Masonic in upstate Baltimore, Maryland in September 26, 1831, the convention held 96 degrees from 10 later created two parties, the National republic party and the Anti-Masonic party, Both combined to create Whig party. JACKSON AND POLITICAL CONVENTION

first formal campaign for the presidency started in 1828 when John Adams and Andrew Jackson went head-head with all types of methods to getting talked about controversial topics to fix, while Jackson and his supporters Talked about corrupt politicians and how they needed to restore purity to the government.

SPOIL system- A practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as to keep working for the party.

KITCHEN Kitchen Cabinet played an important role in the Jackson administration until They believed that only a strong Congress could best represent the people. Cabinet Members - This cabinet included John H. Eaton- secretary of War, Amos kendall- Auditor of the U.S treasury, Major William B. Lewis- Second auditor of the Treasury, Isaac Hill- U.S. Senator and Editor and New Hampshire Patriot, Francis P. Blair- Editor of Washington Globe and lastly Duff Green, Owner of the United States telegraph.

Veto power used by president Andrew used his veto power extensively. He vetoed more bills in his term of office than all the previous presidents put together. Jackson was also the first to use the pocket veto, a delaying tactic in which the President does not sign a bill within ten days of the end of the Congressional term, preventing it from becoming law.

NULLIFICATION CRISIS HIGH TARIFFS  The Nullification Crisis was a crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The south apposed this ordinance. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that tariffs should removed or reduced do to how it effects the economy. The high tariffs were issued when John Adams was the president, but since Andrew Jackson has became president the tariffs were reduced. CLICK THIS LINK FOR MORE INFO. BE.COM/WATCH?V= FOP3JOOETDG

TRAIL OF TEARS TRAIL OF TEARS IS WHERE THE INDIANS HAD A TREATY WITH PARIS, BUT CONGRESS THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT SO THE INDIANS FILED A LAW SUIT AGAINST AMERICA AND THEY WON THEIR CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT, BUT ANDREW JACKSON REMOVED THEM ANYWAYS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI BECAUSE THE LAND THE INDIANS DID HAVE WAS RICH IN SOIL.

TREATMENT OF CHEROKEE INDIANS Although Adams backed down and negotiated another treaty ceding the disputed land to the state, the incident highlighted the plight of the remaining southern tribes, particularly the Cherokee. Perhaps no issue more clearly distinguished the two presidential candidates in 1828,. In his first annual message of December 1829, Jackson proposed that an area west of the Mississippi River be set apart and guaranteed to the Indian tribes, but in the end they took the indian land anyway.

DISCRIMINATION OF JACKSON  He didn’t let indians, women or black people vote. If people came from other countrys and were white they were treated better then all the indians, blacks and women in America.

INDIAN REMOVAL ACT The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears."

CONCLUSION Andrew jackson was a great man when he was young, but later on he started to be looked upon did to his unforgettable behavior.