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Age of Jackson
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Personalist Leaders
Political leaders relying on charisma to direct the masses (sometimes outside of the law) *Often military leaders...
Background
Controversial
A.k.a. "Old Hickory"
- Born in Waxhaws, Carolinas
- Grew up very poor
- Father died near the time of Andrew's birth
- Brother had died in the Revolutionary War
- Becomes a courier for the militia
- Captured and almost dies
- HATES the British
- Violent
- Marital Controversy
- Defied Government Institutions (& the law)
- Owned hundreds of slaves
- Responsible for the death of thousands of Natives
Career
- Lightly educated - eventually goes into law
- War hero - War of 1812
- Controversy - Seminole Wars
- Disputed election of 1824
- Elected president in 1828 & re-elected in 1832
The "Corrupt Bargain"
Clay, Adams, Crawford, Jackson
Changes the Presidency
"Jacksonian Democracy"
- Popular & "Common"
- Increased power of the executive branch
- Controversial practices
- "Spoils System"
- Hates the Bank
- Removes the Natives
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