Table of Contents Introduction 6 Chapter One An Adventurous Life 10 Chapter Two Shaking Up the Establishment 26 Chapter Three The American System and Abolitionism 36 Chapter Four The Bank War 48 Chapter Five Westward Expansion and American Indian Removal 60 Chapter Six Foreign Affairs and Jackson’s Legacy 74 Timeline 91 Source Notes 93 Glossary 96 Selected Bibliography 98 Further Information 99 Index 101
Introduction It was March 4 1837 and Andrew Jackson was no longer president of the United States After eight years in office he’d just handed over the presidency to his loyal vice president Martin Van Buren The festivities exhausted seventy-year-old Jackson whose health was failing He planned to stay at the White House for a few days afterward gathering his strength for the journey home to Tennessee This wood engraving depicts President Martin Van Buren’s inauguration in the US Senate chamber 6
Andrew Jackson's Presidency
In 1829 Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States, the first who did not come from a wealthy, east coast family.
About This Book
By: Christine Zuchora-Walske
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Published by: Lerner Publications an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
