ANDREW JACKSON

Accused of being "a crude and ignorant man who was not fit to be president"

"Old Hickory"

EARLY LIFE

• Jackson was a self-made man
• He was born in 1767 on the South Carolina frontier
• He grew up in poverty but he loved sports
• He had a hot temper
• The Revolutionary War ended his childhood

PERSONAL LIFE

• When he was captured by the British, his head and hand were sliced
• After the war, he became a lawyer in North Carolina
• He moved to Tennessee and earned enough money to buy land and slaves
• His hot temper challenged Charles Dickinson to a duel with pistols
• Dickinson missed Jackson's heart by an inch and Jackson killed him with one shot

PRESIDENCY

• Jackson entered politics in Tennessee
• He served both the House and the Senate
• He ran for president against Clay, Crawford, and Adams in 1824
• In 1828, he was elected President of the United States
• The idea was known as Jacksonian Democracy