BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE 7TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEFINING EVENTS OF HIS CAREER

1. THE JACKSONIAN ERA

2. ANDREW JACKSON
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IN ELECTION OF
1824 JACKSON WON
THE POPULAR VOTE
BUT LOST THE
ELECTION TO JOHN
Q. ADAMS
JACKSON CALLED
THIS THE CORRUPT
BARGAIN

3. ANDREW JACKSON
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NICKNAMED “OLD
HICKORY”
FELT HE WAS THE
VOICE OF THE
“COMMON MAN”
SET UP THE SPOILS
SYSTEM-FIRING HIS
ENEMIES AND HIRING
HIS FRIENDS

4. ANDREW JACKSON
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HE MANAGED BY
USING FEAR
JACKSON'S KITCHEN
CABINET WAS MADE
UP OF FRIENDS, WHO
HE LISTENED TO
INSTEAD OF HIS
OFFICIAL CABINET
MEMBERS

5. ANDREW JACKSON
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HE SIGNED THE INDIAN
REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
FORCING ALL NATIVE
AMERICANS TRIBES
LIVING EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO
THE WEST

6. ANDREW JACKSON
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ONE TRIBE, THE
CHEROKEE SUED AND
WON THEIR CASE, BUT
JACKSON IGNORED
THE SUPREME COURT
RULING
NATIVE AMERICANS
WERE FORCED BY
GUNPOINT TO LEAVE
THEIR HOME

7. ANDREW JACKSON
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THE NULLIFICATION
CRISIS WAS A DISPUTE
OVER A TAX WHICH
HELPED NORTHERN
STATES INSTEAD OF
SOUTHERN STATES
SOUTH CAROLINA
THREATEN TO LEAVE THE
UNION/THE DISPUTE WAS
LATER RESOLVED BY A
COMPROMISE