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He was born in the waxhaws region between North and South Carolina.
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Jackson enlisted in the army when he was 13 with his brother Robert Jackson who later died
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Jackson and an army along with many others attacked Chief Menawa and his red stick warriors at the horseshoe bend of the Tallapoosa River. Many of the Warriors died defending their homelands, but the victory for Andrew Jackson, got him the election in 1828
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General Jackson commanded American troops and they defeated the British after they tried to capture New Orleans. This ended the War. The battle lasted until January 18, 1815
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The election of 1824: "the corrupt bargain" was when Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry clay, and william Crawford were the candidates and Jackson won the popular vote but not the electoral vote and the tie was broken by the House of Representatives and Jackson called it a "corrupt bargain" because he thought it wasn't fair.
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The 11th presidential election. It's was another election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. It was held till Tuesday December 2, 1828
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It allowed the President, Andrew Jackson, to negotiate with the southern Indians for their removal of their territory to move west of the Mississippi River.
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The Supreme Court case warcester vs GA maintained that Indians had a right to remain in Georgia but the Indian removal act gave the president the power to move them west of the Mississippi which is what he did. This was called the trial of tears because many lives were lost and the Indians lost their homeland.
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The government put a protective tariff on to protect the u.s. Industry by increasing tariffs on goods from Europe but the south didn't like this because they depended on trade with Europe so South Carolina threatens to secede of the tariffs weren't nullified
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The bank was created by Alexander hamilton and the purpose was to regulate economic policies but Jackson thought that it was too powerful so he threatened to kill it and eventually the bank vetoed
