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	Andrew Jackson
		Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, was born in the Waxhaws area near the border between North and South Carolina on March 15, 1767.
		Jackson spent most of the next year and a half living with relatives and for six of those months was apprenticed to a saddle maker.
		Jackson took the position he was the people's candidate and never lost an opportunity to point out that the people's choice in 1824 had been disregarded by the elite.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/bio/public/jackson.htm (2046 words)

	Andrew Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767– June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), first governor of Florida (1821), general of the Battle of New Orleans (1815), a co-founder of the Democratic Party, and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy.
		Jackson was born in a backwoods settlement to Presbyterian Scots-Irish immigrants in the Waxhaw area in the Carolinas, on March 15, 1767.
		Jackson followed Jefferson as a supporter of the ideal of an "agricultural republic" and felt the bank improved the fortunes of an "elite circle" of commercial and industrial entrepreneurs at the expense of farmers and laborers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andrew_Jackson (4200 words)

	Andrew Jackson - MSN Encarta
		Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh president of the United States (1829-1837) and the first Westerner to be elected president.
		Because Jackson refused to polish the boots of a British officer, he was struck across the arm and face with a saber.
		Jackson’s duty was to prepare court cases on behalf of the state.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569591/Andrew_Jackson.html (839 words)

	President Andrew Jackson
		Andrew Jackson, considered the father of the modern Presidency, significantly contributed to the expansion of that office.
		Jackson's Presidency is the beginning of the modern Presidency, one in which the powers vested in the office of the President grew immensely.
		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.
	www.multied.com /Bio/presidents/jackson.html (762 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		Jackson and his wife were unaware, however, at the time of their marriage that her divorce from her first husband had not yet been technically completed, and his political enemies thereafter referred to the couple as adulterers.
		Jackson received a plurality of electoral votes, but in the absence of a majority, the names of the three leading vote-getters were placed before the House in accordance with the provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
		Jackson’s chief legacy to the nation was what political scientists call the strong presidency and a tradition whereby leaders and parties constantly proclaim their love of the people.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/presidents/jackson_andrew.html (1633 words)

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		Jackson was regarded as a national hero after defeating the British in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
		Jackson was a general in the War of 1812 and fought alongside traders and other commonfolk.
		Jackson was responsible for the notorious Indian Removal Act of 1830, and thus the Trail of Tears, in unconstitutional defiance of a Supreme Court ruling.
	usapedia.com /a/andrew-jackson.html (1264 words)

	USA-Presidents.Info - Andrew Jackson
		Jackson's belief that an excessive amount of the nation's financial strength was concentrated in the BUS
		Although Jackson sympathized with the Southern interpretation of the tariff debate, he was also a strong supporter of federalism (in the sense of supporting a strong union with considerable powers for the central government) and attempted to face Calhoun down over the issue, which developed into a bitter rivalry between the two men.
		In his will, Andrew, Sr., left his granddaughter "several" slaves, his two grandsons each one male slave, and his daughter-in-law four female slaves, one of whom he had bought for her and the other three of whom were a household servant of his and her two daughters.
	www.usa-presidents.info /jackson.htm (1253 words)

	Biography of Andrew Jackson
		More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man.
		Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as King Andrew I. Behind their accusations lay the fact that Jackson, unlike previous Presidents, did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command.
		Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/aj7.html (616 words)

	President Andrew Jackson: Health & Medical History
		Jackson's mother persuaded the British to release her boys, but by this time both had contracted smallpox.
		Jackson decided not to compete with Dickinson for the first shot, but to take the hit, and rely on his willpower to sustain himself until he could aim deliberately and shoot to kill.
		Jackson's surgeon found that Dickinson's aim had been perfectly true, but he had judged the position of Jackson's heart by the set of his coat, and Jackson wore his coats loosely on account of the excessive slenderness of his figure.
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	American President
		Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was the dominant actor in American politics between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
		Jackson was born in 1767 in Waxhaw, South Carolina, to Scotch-Irish immigrants.
		Jackson replaced many government officials on partisan grounds, inaugurating the "spoils system." Catering to his core regional constituency of Southern planters and Western frontiersmen, he condemned antislavery agitation, favored cheaper public lands, and strong-armed Indian tribes into removing west of the Mississippi.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/andrewjackson (888 words)

	Our Documents - President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830)
		On December 6, 1830, in a message to Congress, President Andrew Jackson called for the relocation of eastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River, in order to open new land for settlement by citizens of the United States.
		Jackson’s message justified the removal policy already established by the Indian Removal Act of May 28, 1830.
		Jackson declared that removal would “incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier.”; Clearing Alabama and Mississippi of their Indian populations, he said, would “enable those states to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power.”
	www.ourdocuments.gov /doc.php?flash=true&doc=25 (354 words)

	Andrew Jackson
		Andrew Jackson was born in rural South Carolina, the son of impoverished Irish immigrants.
		Jackson’s victory was regarded as the Revolution of 1828, marking the rise of popular political participation.
		Jackson’s two terms were notable for the Eaton affair, the war against the Bank of the United States, his nullification fight with John C. Calhoun, his censure by the Senate, his use of the spoils system, the issuance of the Specie Circular and the recognition of Texan independence.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h154.html (715 words)

	Reason: Not the Same Old Hickory: The contested legacy of Andrew Jackson
		Jackson’s individual style, from his avid personal campaigning to his presidential use of an advisory "kitchen cabinet," is now considered the trademark of a larger-than-life figure who embodied the will of the nation.
		In essence, Jackson executed two British subjects on Spanish land in the absence of authorization or precedent, despite the fact that the United States was technically at peace with both Great Britain and Spain at the time.
		Arbuthnot believed that Jackson was the architect of the entire border crisis, a renegade aiming for U.S. possession of both native and Spanish land.
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	President Andrew Jackson's Scandal: The Petticoat Affair (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When President Andrew Jackson defended the honor of the wife of his secretary of war, the resulting scandal broke up his first cabinet and threatened to make his administration a laughingstock.
		President Andrew Jackson was irate, convinced that he was the victim of "one of the most base and wicked conspiracies." For him, the scandal known as "the petticoat affair'' was a social matter that his enemies had exploited and blown out of proportion.
		Jackson had taken a liking to hotelier O'Neale and his "agreeable and worthy family." He was especially fond of Margaret, the 23-year-old wife of navy purser John Bowie Timberlake, with whom she bore three children (one of them dying in infancy).
	www.thehistorynet.com /ah/blandrewjackson (1036 words)

	SparkNotes: Andrew Jackson: Simple Beginnings
		Andrew Jackson never met his father, the man for whom he was named.
		Indeed, Jackson's mother raised him for the first decade of his life in the Crawford house, where she worked as a housekeeper.
		Jackson was extremely bright and began reading at an early age–a hobby he would soon drop in favor of pastimes he felt more exciting.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/jackson/section1.html (684 words)

	Andrew Jackson Council of Boy Scouts of America
		The Andrew Jackson Council serves over 21,000 youth annually in 22 counties of Central and Southwest Mississippi with the help of over 3,000 volunteers and in collaboration with over 500 chartering organizations (churches, schools, businesses, civic organizations, and government entities).
		We are proud of the fact that the Andrew Jackson Council is noted as having one of the strongest Executive Boards in the Southern Region.
		On behalf of the Executive Board of the Andrew Jackson Council, Boy Scouts of America, we thank you for visiting our web and hope we can continue to be of service to you and your family.
	www.bsa-jackson.org (461 words)

	Internet Public Library: POTUS
		Jackson signs Treaty of New Echota with unrecognized leaders of Cherokee Nation, which allows him to force the Cherokees to move to land in what is now Oklahoma.
		Jackson was the only president to have been a prisoner of war.
		Jackson was the first president born in a log cabin.
	www.ipl.org /div/potus/ajackson.html (678 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1801-1850 > Senate Censures President
		Two years earlier, President Andrew Jackson (pictured) had vetoed an act to re-charter the Bank of the United States.
		Clay then challenged Jackson on the bank issue with a Senate resolution seeking a paper the president had read to his cabinet.
		Jackson responded with a lengthy protest denying the validity of the Senate's action.
	senate.gov /artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Censures_President.htm (388 words)

	Andrew Jackson
		Jackson, the first president to come from humble origins, built his reputation as a populist and a defender of the common man over the political elite.
		As president, Jackson greatly expanded the power and prestige of the presidential office and carried through an unprecedented program of domestic reform, vetoing the bill to extend the United States Bank, moving toward a hard-money currency policy, and checking the program of federal internal improvements.
		Andrew Jackson could be sold as soon as October.
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	Amazon.com: Andrew Jackson: Books: Robert V. Remini (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jackson was a bully, an adulterer, a blowhard and a holder of grudges, character flaws that he eventually reshaped to his advantage, and to that of the nation's.
		In any case, Jackson was as good as his word, going after the all powerful National Bank with a vengeance, staring down the threat of secession on the part of South Carolina over a question of tariffs, and defeating formidable political foes with equal helpings of restraint and ferocity.
		Jackson helped found the state of Tennessee, was instrumental in the establishment of the Democratic Party, virtually invented modern campaigning, was the first president to wield the veto with brio, and elevated the office of the Presidency to its present formidable role.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060801328?v=glance (2908 words)

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		Andrew Jackson, surrounded by myth and image, is a compact symbol representing the ideology of an entire generation.
		Jackson exemplified the common man, the farmer politician, military prowess and democracy for his time.
		Andrew Jackson's glorification was a direct result of the desires and anxieties of society.
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		As national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party--the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson; and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him.
		Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as King Andrew I. Behind their accusations lay the fact that Jackson, unlike previous Presidents, did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command.
		Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff.
	clinton3.nara.gov /WH/glimpse/presidents/html/aj7.html (618 words)

	Andrew Jackson: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989
		The election of Andrew Jackson was heralded as a new page in the history of the Republic.
		The first military leader elected President since George Washington, he was much admired by the electorate, who came to Washington to celebrate "Old Hickory's" inauguration.
		President Jackson left the building by a window to avoid the crush of people.
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	Andrew Jackson - History Celebrities
		As a teenager captive in the revolutionary war, Jackson refused to clean a British Officer's boots, and was scarred for life by the man's sword.
		Jackson was the first of seven presidents to be born in a log cabin.
		Jackson had a scar on his forehead that he received when he was thirteen-years-old.
	www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1099.html (379 words)

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