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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, to a single mother with a family of 3 boys. He was born in Tennenssee, although he considered himself a South Carolina native.
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The battle of New Orleans was the final battle in the War of 1812. It was a very important victory for the U.S. because they got control of the Port of New Orleans.
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The election of 1824 was between John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford. Although Jackson won the popular vote with almost a tie to John Adams he did not win. Because no candidates won majority vote in the electoral college, the House of Represenatives had to chose between the top two candidates, and so Henry Clay helped John Adams become president.
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The election of 1828 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson is supposedly one of the dirtiest ever. But, Andrew Jackson won to become the seventh president of the United States.
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Vice President, John C. Calhoun wrote the "South Carolina Exposition and Protest". The nullification stated that the protective tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null or void withing South Carolina. South Carolina even threatened to secede unless something was done.
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