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Under the title “Good, Evil & The Presidency” select Andrew Jackson: A Life

  1. Andrew Jackson is described as the quintessential ______man. He became one of the most striking, ______, and ______figures in American history.

Select The Wild Young Man

  1. As a teenager in Salisbury, North Carolina, Jackson studied ______by day and developed a reputation as a ______at night.
  2. Rachel Donelson Robards was ______but ______from her husband when she first met Jackson. The circumstances of their marriage would come back to haunt Jackson in his presidential campaigns, when opponents charged him with ______and ______.
  3. ______described then Senator Jackson as “a dangerous man.”
  4. In 1804, Jackson paid $______for a 420-acre farm ten miles from Nashville. In the coming years he expanded the farm, which he named “______.”
  5. By 1845, the year Jackson died, ______(#) slaves operated the 1050-acre plantation.

On the left side, under Andrew Jackson: A Life, select The War Hero

  1. When the War of 1812 broke out, Jackson immediately offered the government the ______(#) Tennessee militiamen under his command. The following year, a Creek civil war erupted in what is now ______. In ______(month & year), Jackson’s force annihilated the Creek force at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. What turned the tide of the battle? By Jackson’s own count, how many Indians were killed? What nickname did Native Americans give Jackson?
  1. The victory at the Battle of New Orleans made Jackson a national hero second only to ______. Two years later, without explicit instructions to do so, Jackson invaded Florida and arrested, tried, and executed two ______nationals he charged with helping the Indians.

On the left side, under Andrew Jackson: A Life, select The Candidate

  1. Why was Jackson not a typical presidential candidate?
  1. In the view of ______, Jackson was the most unfit man imaginable for the office of the presidency. Jackson’s powerful political friends in Nashville published “The Letters of ______,” a political document touting Jackson’s ability to restore ______to government.
  2. In 1828, skilled political organizers like ______created committees to organize rallies, ______, and barbecues for Jackson.
  3. Voter ______increased dramatically and Jackson won easily.

On the left side, under Andrew Jackson: A Life, select The First Modern President

  1. Powerful Washington insiders like ______thought Jackson’s election and his ______, rabble-rousing supporters demonstrated why the Founding Fathers didn’t trust the “common man” to directly elect the president.
  2. Jackson fired a number of government officials and replaced them with party supporters. Jackson called this process “______in office.” His adversaries called it the “______system.”
  3. Shortly before the inauguration, Jackson’s Secretary of ______, John Henry Eaton, married Margaret “Peggy” O’Neale Timberlake. ______about her soon spread throughout Washington. Wives of prominent politicians demanded that their husbands ______events to which Peggy Eaton was invited.
  4. What was Jackson’s reaction to the snubbing of Mrs. Eaton?
  1. In 1831, the aftermath of the Eaton Affair marked the first time in American history an entire ______had been replaced—and the last.

On the left side, under Andrew Jackson: A Life, select The Defender of the Union

  1. One controversy in Congress during Jackson’s first term was the “______System” of economic development policies. The Tariff of 1828 was hated by Southerners who saw it as a device to transfer wealth from ______planters to Northern ______. Radical South Carolinians, headed by Vice President ______, decided the tariff was unconstitutional.
  2. Jackson thought South Carolina’s ______Ordinance in 1832 would lead inevitably to disunion and was both ______and ______.
  3. Jackson asked for three U.S. ______divisions to be readied after the governor of South Carolina began raising an army to defend against invasion. Congress passed a ______Tariff bill, postponing armed conflict for decades.
  4. In 1835, Jackson’s administration directed ______not to deliver controversial anti-slavery tracts and encouraged Congress to outlaw “______” anti-slavery literature as a public safety measure. ______publicized this action as an attack on their constitutional rights.
  5. Like Thomas Jefferson before him, Jackson believed small ______were the backbone of America. To expand westward, he pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress in ______(year). Many Americans saw it as ______and ______and protested it vehemently.
  6. By the end of Jackson’s second term, over ______(#) Indians had been moved west of the Mississippi River.

On the left side, under Andrew Jackson: A Life, select The Prophet

  1. Jackson believed the Bank of the United States to be ______and a threat to personal ______. After his decisive victory in 1832, Jackson decided to remove federal ______from the Bank.
  2. When ______Secretary William John Duane refused Jackson’s order, he was fired and replaced with Attorney General ______.
  3. Jackson’s opponents in Congress formed the ______Party to protest the tyrannies of the man they called “______.” For the only time in American history, the Senate ______the president (although it was expunged when Democrats regained control of the Senate in 1837).
  4. Jackson finally won the “Bank War” in ______(year) when the House of Representatives definitively voted against ______the Bank of the U.S.
  5. Jackson succeeded in one of his great reforms—eliminating the ______—in 1835. On January 30, 1835, ______fired a pistol point blank at the president as he was leaving the ______building. When the pistol misfired, Jackson lunged at the man, who then fired another gun, which also misfired. The would-be assassin, an ______house painter, was later declared insane.
  6. Upon leaving the White House in 1837, what two regrets did Jackson allegedly speak?

At the top of the page, under the title “Good, Evil & The Presidency” select Themes

Select Reinventing the Presidency

  1. Jackson disagreed with the Founding Fathers who envisioned that ______, not the ______, would provide political leadership for the nation.
  2. The ______Party, which was established by Jackson’s supporters and still exists today, was another important, political ______of Andrew Jackson.
  3. Today, Jackson continues to serve as a model of the ______president.

On the left side, under Themes, select Indian Removal

  1. The year after Jackson left office, the majority of the ______people were forced from their ancestral homeland and escorted to current day Oklahoma. The journey became known as the “______.” It is estimated that almost ______(#) of the 17,000 who were evicted died during their forced march.
  2. In his 1830 message to Congress, Jackson hoped “Indian Removal” would allow the Natives “to cast off their ______habits and become an interesting, civilized, and ______community.”Jackson had ______a Supreme Court ruling that recognized the Natives’ right to remain on their lands.
  3. What ideals of the dominant culture had the Indians of the Southeast adopted?

On the left side, under Themes, select Was Andrew Jackson a Great President?

  1. Biographer James Parton described Jackson as “a patriot and a ______” and “A ______autocrat” and “An ______saint.”
  2. Jackson, it can be argued, brought the presidency to the ______.
  3. Though a strong advocate of states’ rights and a ______federal government, Jackson placed the preservation of the ______above all else.
  4. Long time rival ______complained that Jackson swept through the government like a ______, destroying everything in his path.
  5. Opinions about Andrew Jackson and his legacy remain as ______today as they were during his life.