By: Laxmi Dhital
Reference Page
 http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-jackson-9350991
 http://thepapersofandrewjackson.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/JacksonPortrait.jpg
 http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/andrewjackson
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Date of Birth: Andrew
Jackson
 Andrew Jackson was born in March 15, 1767.
Place of birth: Andrew
Jackson
 Andrew Jackson was born in Waxhaw Between North and
South Carolina.
Childhood: Andrew
Jackson
When Jackson was 13 year olds he joined a local militia and served
as a courier during the revolutionary war.
When Andrew Jackson was at age 14 he was orphaned.
 He was raised by his uncle, and began studying law in Salisbury,
North of California.
Personal Facts: Andrew
Jackson
His nickname was Old hickory.
The political party he was on was Democratic.
Andrew Jackson was supported by Martin Van Buren.
Election of 1824
 John Quincy Adams won the election of 1824.
 He had 84 electoral votes.
 Northeast of the country voted for him.
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson won the election of 1828.
He had 178 electoral votes.
Western part of the country voted for him.
Jackson and a political
Convention
The first national political
convention was held by a extinct
political party, the Anti-Masonic
party.
The Anti-Masonic Convention was
held in Baltimore, and was attended
by 96 delegates from ten states.
After Jackson’s election in 1828, the
party structures become stronger,
and the idea of national political
conventions began to make sense.
Jackson Actively
Campaigning
o Their was no organized national presidential campaign in 1824.
o Candidacies built on a regional base.
o Regional base was that Adams was the favorite in New England, and Jackson was
favorite in the Southwest.
Spoils System
Spoil System is also known as patronage
System.
The Spoils System remained an important
part of the political landscape until the
civil service reforms toward the end of the
century.
Kitchen Cabinet
 The Kitchen Cabinet played an important role in the Jackson
administration until 1831.
 The significance of the Kitchen Cabinet was it reversed the political
fortunes of several leading politicians.
 Kitchen Cabinet was and unofficial group of friends and advisers.
Veto Power used by
Jackson
Jackson Veto was Veto of the Bank Recharter Bill (1832).
Jackson Veto expresses his view that the “rich and powerful” should
not receive special privileges from the government.
Nullification Crisis
 Nullification is the formal suspension
by a state of a federal law within its
borders.
 The Nullification Crisis demonstrated
that disputes between various regions
of the nation could cause enormous
problems.
 The South Carolina passed an
ordinance of nullification on
November 24, 1832.
Trail of Tears
 Trail of tears was a part of Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy.
 The united state government forced Cherokee nation to give up land, east of
Mississippi river and to move to an area in present-day Oklahoma.
 Those who walk suffered greatly from disease.
Indian Removal Act of
1830
 The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May
28, 1830.
 All the tribal leaders agreed after Jackson’s landslide election victory in 1832.
Chart/Graph
Video of Andrew Jackson
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvUmm9TsFVQ&t=24
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDqOH6H4FQ
Conclusion Page
 Jackson died at the hermitage
 Jack died in June 8, 1845
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