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He was born in a log cabin between the Carolinas. Also, he was not born into a family of wealth, so people saw him as a common man.
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Jackson enlisted into the Revoluntionary war in a local militia at the age of 13.
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United States forces and Indian allies under Colonel Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe who opposed American expansion, effectively ending the Creek War.
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The Battle of New Orleans was a major battle in the War of 1812. General Andrew Jackson commanded an army to a victory in defending New Orleans from being seized by a British Invading Army.
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Andrew Jackson defeated John Quincy to win the election.In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency.
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This election was a remath between Quincy and Jackson, and Jackson won again. Additionally, the democratic party grew stronger.
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Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill that extended the charter of the Second Bank of the United States.
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President Andrew Jackson called for an Indian Removal Act in his 1829 speech. The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South, where states were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the native americans.
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The case was was a care held in the U.S. Supreme Court pertaining to the Cherokee Indians in an attempt to protect them and their homeland, but it was unsucessful.
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The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina.
