Andrew Jackson: American Hero or Villain?
Actions that made
him “Good/Hero”
Andrew Jackson
was a war hero.
Jackson made
many victories for
his country
helping them as a
hero.
Your evidence with
citations.
Winning the Battle
of New Orleans in a
massacre of British
troops made him an
instant national
hero. Word of his
total command of
the situation was
legendary. He even
used local pirates to
support New
Orleans.
"Jackson, Andrew."
World Book
Student. World
Book, 2013. Web. 6
March
2013.
“Later in the war,
Jackson would
secure another
major American
victory”
“Jackson became a
national hero for
what he achieved”
The Jackson Story
Actions that
made him
Bad/Villain
All Jackson cared
about was him.
Your evidence with
citations
“When Jackson ran for
president, his
opponents called him
“jackass”. Jackson
actually liked the name”
The Jackson story
He made
decisions that
didn’t really help
many.
“He and most western
farmers had always had a
problem with the Bank of
the U.S. so he insured that
the charter would not be
renewed. Once the charter
was not renewed he pulled
all federal funds out of it
and put it into state banks.
This in turn caused the
Bank of the U.S. to fail and
later an economic crisis
that hurt the entire
nation.”
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He helped by
agreeing to sign a
peace treaty
He helped and
tried to save his
army
He helped save
the Indians rather
than killing them
“Directed by the
government to
negotiate a peace
treaty with the Creeks,
Jackson demanded the
Indians, including his
own allies, cede 22
million acres of their
land-roughly half of
their national domain to the United States.
Under protest, thirtyfive Creek chiefs
signed the Treaty of
Fort Jackson and
agreed to the terms
required by the man
they now called "Sharp
Knife."
http://www.pbs.org
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/alife/war_hero.html
“To thwart a British
invasion from the
south, Jackson
hurriedly moved his
army to New Orleans
and set up defensive
lines around the city.”
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html
“Two years later, Red
Stick Creek and
Seminole Indians,
refusing to recognize
U.S. claims to Indians
lands after the Creek
War, raided across the
border from Spanish
Florida. The U.S.
government ordered
Jackson back into
action. Without
All he cared
about was land
“Directed by the
government to negotiate a
peace treaty with the
Creeks, Jackson demanded
the Indians, including his
own allies, cede 22 million
acres of their land-roughly
half of their national
domain -to the United
States. Under protest,
thirty-five Creek chiefs
signed the Treaty of Fort
Jackson and agreed to the
terms required by the man
they now called "Sharp
Knife."
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html
Didn’t really care
about anything
but winning the
war
“ But elsewhere, the war
with the British was going
poorly for the Americans in the north, the British
had captured Washington
and shelled Baltimore”
He didn’t listen to
his orders
“Two years later, Red Stick
Creek and Seminole
Indians, refusing to
recognize U.S. claims to
Indians lands after the
Creek War, raided across
the border from Spanish
Florida. The U.S.
government ordered
Jackson back into action.
Without explicit
instructions to do so, he
explicit instructions to
do so, he invaded
Florida, captured St.
Marks and Pensacola,
and arrested, tried,
and executed two
British nationals he
charged with helping
the Indians. Despite
calls to punish him for
his unauthorized
invasion, President
James Monroe refused
to censure him.”
He wanted to help
somewhere else
http://www.pbs.org
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“he resigned and
returned to
Tennessee, where his
friends were already
eyeing him for the
presidency in 1824.”
He led U.S. to a
victory
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html
“Andrew Jackson's lifelong hatred of the
British and rekindled
his dreams of military
glory.”
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html
invaded Florida, captured
St. Marks and Pensacola,
and arrested, tried, and
executed two British
nationals he charged with
helping the Indians.
Despite calls to punish him
for his unauthorized
invasion, President James
Monroe refused to censure
him.”
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html
All he cared
about was
presidency
“he resigned and returned
to Tennessee, where his
friends were already
eyeing him for the
presidency in 1824.”
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html
“Andrew Jackson's life-long
All he cared
about was getting hatred of the British and
rekindled his dreams of
back at people
military glory.”
http://www.pbs.org
/kcet/andrewjackson
/alife/war_hero.html