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100

Andrew Jackson was the first president to be born in this

What is a cabin?

100

Before becoming president, Andrew Jackson earned fame as a general during this war against Great Britain

What is the War of 1812?

100

Andrew Jackson was the ___th president of the United States

What is the seventh?

100

After leaving the presidency in 1837, Andrew Jackson retired to this Tennessee plantation, where he lived out his final years

What is the Hermitage?

100

Andrew Jackson’s face appears on this U.S. bill, though some Americans have called for it to be replaced

What is the $20 bill?

200

Andrew Jackson's parents were Scots-Irish immigrants from this part of the United Kingdom

What is North Ireland?

200

Jackson became a national hero after defeating the British in this famous 1815 battle

What is the battle of New Orleans?

200

Jackson was the first U.S. president from this political party, which he helped found

What is the Democratic Party?

200

In his later years, Jackson remained a powerful figure in this political party, which he helped shape during his presidency

What is the Democratic Party?

200

Andrew Jackson was the first U.S. president to ride on one of these new steam-powered inventions

What is a train?

300

As a teenager during the American Revolution, Jackson was captured by the British and scarred after refusing to do this for an officer

What is polishing his boots?

300

Jackson’s nickname, “Old Hickory,” came from his soldiers, who admired him for being as tough as this type of tree

What is a hickory tree?

300

Jackson used this presidential power more times than all his predecessors combined, earning him a reputation as a strong executive

What is the veto?

300

Jackson suffered from poor health later in life, partly due to the bullets he carried in his body from this many duels

What are several (at least two)?

300

Jackson was known for his fiery temper — in one duel, he killed a man named Charles Dickinson after being insulted about this personal matter

What is his wife (Rachel Jackson)?

400

By age 14, Jackson had lost his mother and brothers to war-related causes and disease, leaving him in this condition

What is being an orphan?

400

In 1818, Jackson invaded Spanish Florida during this controversial military campaign against Native Americans

What is the first Seminole War?

400

Jackson’s policy of relocating Native American tribes west of the Mississippi River led to this tragic event

What is the Trail of Tears?

400

Even in retirement, Jackson continued to influence national politics by supporting this future Democratic president elected in 1836

Who is Martin Van Buren?

400

Andrew Jackson adopted a young Creek Native American orphan named Lyncoya after this famous battle

What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?

500

After studying law in Salisbury, North Carolina, Jackson moved to this frontier territory, where he became a lawyer and politician

What is Tennessee? 

500

Jackson’s military actions in Florida led Spain to give up the territory to the United States in this 1819 treaty

What is the Adams–Onís Treaty?

500

Jackson strongly opposed this national financial institution, which he viewed as favoring the wealthy elite

 What is the Second Bank of the United States?

500

Andrew Jackson died on June 8, 1845, at age 78, and was buried on the grounds of this estate

What is the Hermitage?

500

When Jackson was president, he invited the public to the White House for his inaugural celebration — the crowd caused so much chaos they had to move the party here

What is the White House lawn?

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