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What are good discussion topics about Andrew Jackson?

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What are good discussion topics about Andrew Jackson?

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  1. He was the Hero of the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812 and responsible for the "Trail of Tears".  He revoked the charter of the 2nd Bank of The United States by sheer will.  There was a rivalry between he and John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster for mudslinging during the 1824 campaign (in which they slandered his wife Rachael).  After she died, he never forgave those men for the stain on her name that was never cleared.


  2. He was fierce Indian fighter. They called him Sharp Knife and he was largely responsible for the removal of the Cherokee from Tennessee and Georgia, yet he adopted a Native American boy. How can you reconcile the two facts?

  3. his battle to 'Kill the Bank' meaning Bank of the United States.  He hated it and didn't renew the charter.  

    Also the big scandal about his wife, it was rumored she wasn't divorced from her previous husband before they married.  

    Not to mention his version of democracy, commonly known as Jacksonian Democracy which brought voting to the common man.  Before Jackson men had to own property or be a merchant, after Jackson, there were little or no property qualifications.

    Someone also mentioned his fierce fights with the Native Americans and he is responsible for the Trail of Tears, but he also refused to obey the decisions of the Supreme Court which made the power issue between the president and the courts a big deal.  

    Then there is that little thing called the "Nullification Crisis" when SC attempted to secede due to a tarriff they were not particularly in favor of.  Jackson threatened to send the military there to enforce the tarriff and they came to a favorable agreement, but the Civil War could have started in 1832 rather than 1861.  

  4. i like andy jackson

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