Andrew Jackson: A National War Hero

Winning against John Quincy Adams by a landslide of votes, Andrew Jackson became the new president in 1828. In addition to being a popular president, Andrew Jackson was the seventh. Not only was he a president, but also a military hero. His two terms were filled with many activities, including duels. A controversial topic after his term was how democratic Andrew Jackson was.

President Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 and died on June 8, 1845. He served as the seventh president of the United States and served two terms (March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837). He was the first man elected from the state of Tennessee to the House of Representatives. His first message to Congress was about wanting to eliminate the electoral college. Jackson believed that that government duties are simple and should be given to applicants that deserve it.

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the US was born on the 15th day of March 1767 in South Carolina. In 1812, he was elected as the judge of Tennessee superior court when war with Britain broke. In his tenure as the major general, he led American forces to various victories. He commanded the US forces in a five-month campaign against the Creek Indians and worn the war in 1812. In mid-1814, Jackson led his forces yet to another victory over the British in New Orleans battle.

(Curtis pg.7). I believe that the author stresses a numerous amount on Andrew Jacksons behavior so that the readers will understand what Andrews childhood life was like. I believe that Andrew was such a troubled boy because “his mother left him for Charleston” (Curtis pg.12). Which could be one of the main reasons why he struggles

His parents Scottish and Irish colonists Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson. When they immigrated to America in 1765 they landed in Philadelphia. They would have traveled to the border between North and South Carolina and start life there. Unfortunately Jacksons father died just three weeks before he was born. Jackson received an education as he grew up.

His father died shortly before Andrew’s birth and his mother tried to raise him to be educated. In 1812, He had become a wealthy Tennessee lawyer and rising young politician. In 1824 and 1828 election he stands as some of the dirtiest campaign ever waged for the Presidency. Jackson won the popular vote handily in 1824. Andrew Jackson was the first so called "people 's president".

Andrew Jackson lived with his mother and two brothers in California. All throughout his childhood, he was living in poverty and the danger the living in the middle of the Revolutionary War. Jackson and his brothers were often sent through the woods as messengers for the patriots during the war. His childhood filled with war, death, and poverty. The end of the Revolutionary War brought him nothing but the last of his immediate family left dead.

The place they were at was so distant that it had not yet been surveyed. In 1824, it is said, that Andrew Jackson wrote a letter that says he was born in a plantation in Lancaster, Carolina owned by his uncle. But Jackson claims that he lived in South Carolinian because the northern state was considering nullifying the Tariff of 1824, which Jackson opposed. In the mid-1850s, some other evidence shows that he might have been born in another relative’s home in North Carolina.

Jackson developed the economy in a way that no man had too much but every man were financially stable. Jackson built new roads and made other infrastructural improvements especially in the south that were of benefit to the more working class “common man”. Jackson also introduced many Acts and Movements that would help to improve the United States and improve the lives of all US citizens. Andrew Jackson, a former orphan and a war hero, was a popular choice when he was elected seventh President of the United States in 1828. This was based on the fact that Jackson did not hail from a wealthy or “elite” background but from the working class western state of Tennessee.

Is Andrew Jackson a hero or a villain? Throughout history Jackson has been viewed as both. Some see him as a war hero and the people’s president. Others see him as a racist and a political tyrant. To me, Andrew Jackson is more of a hero.

The founders of the United States did their best to create a government that would not allow erroneous decisions to greatly harm the nation. They set a percent of presidents being politically sound and well-known; their beliefs for how the nation should be handled were essential to their campaign. President Andrew Jackson, however, did not follow this system, instead winning primarily by his personality and popularity amongst the common American. While his actions in office often appeared to be for the people, most had a hidden selfish side to them that he easily covered up. With the election of 1828, Jackson radically changed American politics, focusing them more on public appearance and personal character than on intelligence and political views, making personality just as, if not more important than the actual politics of a political term.

Brittany Randall-Neppl APUSH Period 6 Mr. Kloster 12/19/2014 Andrew Jackson: Champion of the Common Man or Tyrant Andrew Jackson was born into a common life but overcame his mediocre beginnings to become a powerful politician; in 1828 he was elected president of the United States. However, he abused this position of power and made several choices that were detrimental to the welfare and rights of the American people. Jackson implemented the spoils system on a national scale and had unofficial members of his cabinet who did not have to answer to Congress. After South Carolinians were upset by the Tariff of 1832 he was angry toward those who did not agree with it. He also destroyed the National Bank and authorized the Specie Circular.

Andrew Jackson during his time was considered a very patriotic politician he hated the rich, he hated the Indian, and loved the idea of slavery. It has been said that he grew up not educated and had a bad up bring but still managed to get to a high political suture. Jackson at one point was general and had a very decorated portfolio, which made sense he would become president, Andrew was most well know for “The Battle of New Orleans” where Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans nearing the end of that war.

The time has come to make a judgement of the great Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States from 1829~1837. Although some people didn’t like Jackson very well due to very few of his decisions, he made many good decisions during his presidency. Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a hero of the common man due to his unifying leadership, generous approach of governing, and concern for economic equality. The first reason that Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a hero is because of his unifying leadership.

Born into a non-aristocratic poor family, somewhere in the Carolina’s on March 14, 1767, was a man named Andrew Jackson. Jackson, also called “Old Hickory” was a very bold proactive man in American history. From being a military hero and founding the democratic party to enacting the trail of tears and dismantling the of the Bank of the United States, the man and his legacy are a prominent topic for scholarly debate. Some believe he was a great president and some believe he was the worse president. But if you look at it from a moral perceptive or in the eyes of a foreigner, Jackson’s legacy was far more villainous than heroic.