Andrew Jackson

seventh U.S. President · 1767–1845; presidency 1829–1837 · Tennessee, United States
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States, nicknamed 'Old Hickory,' who won election in 1828 after losing the 1824 'corrupt bargain.'
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- Rise — Andrew Jackson won the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, forcing William Weatherford's surrender, and later won the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
- Achievements — Andrew Jackson vetoed the Second Bank of the United States and fought Nicholas Biddle over its recharter, issuing the Specie Circular requiring land purchases in gold and silver.
- Conflicts — Andrew Jackson faced the Nullification Crisis with South Carolina, during which the first Force Bill was passed, and survived an assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence.
- Legacy — Andrew Jackson was censured for executing Arbuthnot and Ambrister, attacked in the Coffin Handbills, and appointed Roger Taney to the Supreme Court.
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This man was censured for executing Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister, and he forced the surrender of William Weatherford after winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
This president was shot by Charles Dickinson and vetoed a bill that would have constructed a road through Kentucky known as the Maysville Road.
Under this president, the US debt was paid off for the only time in history.
This man, who was accused of cannibalism in the Coffin Handbills, won a battle after the opposing soldiers forgot to bring ladders to climb the fortifications that this man had constructed.
This president and his Secretary of the Treasury, Levi Woodbury, called for land purchases to be made in gold and silver in the Specie Circular.
He won his first term four years after losing to John Quincy Adams in the "corrupt bargain." name this seventh President of the United States.
He lost the election of 1824 due to a “corrupt bargain” but came back to win election in 1828.
This man supposedly declared “Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it” in response to the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v.
President, nicknamed “Old Hickory,” who killed Charles Dickinson in a duel.
That battle, the Battle of New Orleans, was won by this 7th president of the United States who is depicted on the 20 dollar bill.
The Specie Circular was issued by this first Democratic president, whose other economic initiatives included dismantling the Second Bank of the United States.
Richard Lawrence attempted to assassinate this President, but his gun misfired twice, and this President ended up beating Lawrence with his cane.
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams conspired to keep this man out of office in the Corrupt Bargain of 1824. name this Tennesseean, nicknamed “Old Hickory,” who was the seventh President of the United States.
He appointed Roger Taney to the Supreme Court and fought with Nicholas Biddle over the Second Bank of the United States.
The first Force Bill was passed under this man during his confrontation with South Carolina in the Nullification Crisis.
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The Scott massacre prompted an invasion led by this man, during which he executed two British citizens, Ambrister and Arbuthnot.
Arthur Schlesinger won a Pulitzer for his work about the “age” of this man, who was identified with the ascent of American capitalism by Hofstadter.
This man fired Robert Randolph for embezzling from the Navy, and Richard Lawrence made this man the first U.S. President to be the subject of an attempted assassination.
During one campaign, this man executed Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister for allegedly aiding enemy forces.
This man was nearly assassinated at the funeral of Warren Davis by Richard Lawrence.
When this man was chased back to the U.S. Capitol after a visit to Fredericksburg, Richard Lawrence attempted to shoot him twice, but failed, resulting in a brutal caning by this politician.
This man was the subject of the “Coffin Handbills” alleging he executed soldiers.
William Duane briefly served as Secretary of the Treasury under this president, during whose term “Hard Times tokens” began to be minted as private currency.
The “Bloody Deeds” of this politician were attacked in the Coffin Handbills.
One political cartoon depicts this leader slaying a snake-like “many-headed monster” led by a man in a top hat, while another shows him stepping on the Constitution and wielding a “veto” in his left hand.









































