Andrew Jackson The Seventh President

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Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States of America served for two terms from 1829 to 1837. He won against Quincy Adams for the presidency in 1828. This time of his presidency has been called the age of the common man. He was commander and later major general of the Tennessee militia and played a major role in the War of 1812. He defeated the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, thus opening more of the Mississippi Territory for American settlement. Andrew Jackson was a good president because he protected the Native Americans from the white settlers and also their culture, fought against the second National Bank for the common people, there is an exception the Nullification crises of South Carolina. The southeastern and