Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829–1837), known for expanding executive power and championing populist democracy for white men while forcibly removing Native American tribes from their lands.
His name appears in historical discussions of American democracy, Indian removal, and the transformation of the presidency: Jacksonian democracy, the Age of Jackson.
Law authorizing tribal expulsion
- CherokeeIndigenous Southeastern nation
- ChoctawSoutheastern Native American nation
- ChickasawMuskogean-speaking Native nation
- SeminoleFlorida indigenous nation
displacement · ancestral lands · suffering · death march · ethnic cleansing · Native American · resettlement · Oklahoma
Official presidential residence
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- DemocratBlue party supporter
Tennessee · tariff · cabinet · censure · John C. Calhoun · Martin Van Buren · Henry Clay · Hermitage
Resilient durability under strain
- Battle of New Orleans1815 American military victory
- War of 1812Early American-British military conflict
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- commanderPerson with authority over others
militia · hero · victory · strategist · frontiersman · duelist · battle-hardened · iron-willed
Typical ordinary citizen
- anti-elitismDistrust of privileged classes
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
grassroots · democracy · reform · voting rights · political rally · campaigning · rank and file · self-made man
Ownership of people
- slaveholderOwner of enslaved persons
- duelingFormal armed combat
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
states' rights · federal power · political patronage · plantation owner
Indian Removal Act
Law authorizing tribal expulsion
- CherokeeIndigenous Southeastern nation
- ChoctawSoutheastern Native American nation
- ChickasawMuskogean-speaking Native nation
Seminole · displacement · ancestral lands · suffering · death march · ethnic cleansing · Native American · resettlement · Oklahoma · historical trauma
White House
Official presidential residence
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
Democrat · Tennessee · tariff · cabinet · censure · John C. Calhoun · Martin Van Buren · Henry Clay · Hermitage
toughness
Resilient durability under strain
- Battle of New Orleans1815 American military victory
- War of 1812Early American-British military conflict
- generalWidespread, not specialized
commander · militia · hero · victory · strategist · frontiersman · duelist · battle-hardened · iron-willed · soldier
common man
Typical ordinary citizen
- anti-elitismDistrust of privileged classes
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
enfranchisement · grassroots · democracy · reform · voting rights · political rally · campaigning · rank and file · self-made man · democratic reform
slavery
Ownership of people
- slaveholderOwner of enslaved persons
- duelingFormal armed combat
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
authoritarianism · states' rights · federal power · political patronage · plantation owner
- Jacksons
- 1830sTrail of Tears, Indian Removal Act, Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas, Alamo
- Indian RemovalIndian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, forced relocation, Indian Territory, forced migration
- Jacksonian EraDemocratic Party, spoils system, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, kitchen cabinet
- North CaroliniansJames K. Polk, Billy Graham, Michael Jordan, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane
- War of 1812War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans, Fort McHenry, Lake Erie, Star-Spangled Banner
Andrew JacksonJohn Quincy Adams
Sixth American chief executive
aristocrat · Henry Clay · elitist · patrician · blueblood
Andrew JacksonHenry Clay
Whigs · centralist · institutionalist · Daniel Webster · John Marshall