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Andrew Jackson: The American Lion
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Waxham, NC or SC
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American Revolution
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Orphaned; mother and 2 brothers died after Revolution
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Rachel Donelson Robards
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Accused of Bigamy; never had a formal divorce
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Hermitage – Jackson’s House
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Duel – Charles Dickinson
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Shootout – Fighting Thomas Hart Benton – shot by brother Jesse in the Shoulder
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Creek Indians – Horseshoe Bend – adopted an Indian orphan
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General at the Battle of New Orleans
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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
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Nicknamed “Old Hickory”
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“Hero of New Orleans”
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First Seminole War – attacked Seminoles in Florida - 1819
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1824 Election
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Corrupt Bargain – Clay helps Adams win in 1824; makes Clay Secretary of State
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John Quincy Adams
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Democratic Party
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Jackson Wins 1828 Election – Jacksonian Democracy
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Spoils System
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Indian Removal Act
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John Marshall – Wocester v. Georgia Jackson – “Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it ”
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Trail of Tears
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Nicholas Biddle – AJ vetoed the 2 nd Bank of the US
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Whig Party – new political party against AJ
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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
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Peggy Eaton Affair
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John C. Calhoun – VP – resigned over Tariffs and Eaton Affair
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Tariffs of Abomination – high tariffs
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Nullification – states could ignore any federal laws they thought were unconstitutional
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Compromise – AJ threatened to spill blood in S. Carolina
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Martin Van Buren – 1836 – first, worst depression – due to bank of US
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Old Hickory
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