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    How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Looking at the ballots of 1828 and 1832, Andrew Jackson was clearly labeled as a Democratic Republic, a party founded by Thomas Jefferson. These Democrats supposedly believed in the ideas of a limited central government, states’ rights, and protection of the liberty of individuals. However, based on these principles, tyrannous “King Andrew I” may not be as democratic as one may think. Jackson shifted the Presidency to a more personal style, by vetoing anything

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    How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Old Hickory never backed away from a fight. Even at seventy-five Andrew Jackson was still fighting and leaving a trail of card games, busted up taverns, liquor bottles, and bloody noses in his wake which earned him the nickname Old Hickory. Jackson became a lawyer on the North Carolina Frontier at age twenty-one and later moved west to Tennessee where he settled down with his wife. In 1815, Jackson was made an American hero because he and his troops were victorious

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    Andrew Jackson democratic or undemocratic? Did Andrew Jackson support the people and their rights? Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He vetoed the National Bank because he said that it only supported the rich and was unconstitutional. Also Andrew Jackson set a land territory west of the Mississippi River for the Indian tribes and adopted a little Native American boy who was left from his tribe. How democratic was Andrew Jackson? Democracy is a form of government where

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    How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Andrew Jackson was the most popular president during his time. Even though he had his enemies during his two term presidency, he was a public figure to the American people, and his popularity lived on even after his death. The people loved him because of the decisions he made, and his extraordinary and successful military career. He had very democratic views, and believed in a democracy, which all branches of government are required to listen and follow

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    People, was being spread in America. The 7th president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, did not positively contribute to the spread of democracy. He was a strong, self-made man, but struggled to turn America in the democracy he was determined to make. Andrew Jackson’s presidency, from 1828-1836, titled Jackson as not primarily democratic because of his veto of the National Bank and his abuse of the Spoils System; however implementation of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 proposed that Jackson was

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    Albers How democratic was Andrew Jackson? Andrew Jackson the seventh president of the United States who was beloved by many. He was born between North and South Carolina in 1767. He grew up poor. Democratic means that the people determine the President, Congress and all public offices. People does not include Native Americans or slaves. Andrew Jackson was Democratic. Andrew Jackson was democratic because of government equality, the Indian Removal Act, and because he was a common man. Andrew Jackson

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    been afraid of banks.” President Andrew Jackson. When he was younger, his father died due to a logging accident before he was even born, and his mother died when he was 14. He had a military career. After the Revolutionary War, he became a lawyer and got married. At age 29, he was elected Tennessee’s first representative in the US House of Representatives, and a year later, he was elected to the US Senate. There was an event that made him a national hero, which was when he commanded American forces

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    through elected representatives. Andrew Jackson was a type of man who had certain ideas on who was included in “the people”. He was not democratic in all circumstances when it comes on placing policies on a group of people. During Andrew Jackson’s presidency, from 1829-1837, indicated how he behaved like a tyrant when he did not include Native Americans as potential citizens and was one of the largest slave-owners in Tennessee. Although some might argue his intention was to hear out the people and do

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    Andrew Jackson may have been the most popular president in history. At 17 he began his study of the law. At 29 he was Tennessee's first representative in the US House, and a year later the US Senate. Andrew Jackson became a national hero in 1815 after holding of a British attack. Andrew Jackson made his first run for President in 1824, but lost to John Quincy Adams. Finally, in 1828 Andrew Jackson became president.Andrew Jackson claimed he was for the people and had their best interest at heart,

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    Democracy is the staple component of freedom. Andrew Jackson was a wild kid. He drank fought, and gambled every where he went. When he became older he studied law and became a lawyer. He then acquired land and bought slaves to become a farmer in Tennessee. After this he became that state’s first representative at the age of twenty-nine. A year later, he was elected into the senate. Jackson became a war hero known as Old Hickory in The Creek war. In 1824, Jackson became president with the promise that he

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