EARLY LIFE
Andrew Jackson grew up on the border of which two states?
What are North Carolina and South Carolina?
Andrew Jackson was the ___ president of the United States.
What is the seventh?
Jackson was re-elected in this year.
What is 1832?
He once beat an assassin with this object after both of the attacker’s guns misfired.
What is a cane?
Jackson retired to this Tennessee estate.
What is The Hermitage?
Andrew Jackson’s parents came from which country?
What is Ireland?
Jackson was known by this tough nickname.
What is “Old Hickory”?
He continued fighting this powerful financial institution.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
As a teenager, Jackson was captured by the British and refused to do this, earning a sword slash to the face.
What is clean an officer’s boots?
Even in retirement, Jackson stayed politically active by advising this successor.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Which war did Andrew Jackson fight in as a teenager?
What is the American Revolutionary War?
He gave government jobs to his friends and supporters.
What is the spoils system?
Jackson removed federal money from the national bank and placed it in these.
What are state banks or “pet banks”?
Jackson’s pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral for doing this.
What is swearing?
Jackson strongly supported this financial plan proposed by Van Buren.
What is the Independent Treasury system?
During the Revolutionary War, what tragedy struck Jackson’s family?
What is the death of his mother and two brothers?
This law forced Native Americans to leave their land.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This crisis involved South Carolina trying to ignore federal laws.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
He carried this inside his body for most of his life after a duel.
What is a bullet?
Jackson was pleased when this president died shortly after taking office, leading to a shift back toward Democratic policies.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
Before becoming a lawyer, what was Andrew Jackson’s early profession?
What is a militia officer or frontier lawyer?
Jackson didn’t like this big national bank.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
Jackson’s Vice President during his second term was this man.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Despite opposing paper money, Jackson’s face appears on this U.S. currency.
What is the $20 bill?
Jackson’s health declined in retirement, but he remained active in this area until his death.
What is politics?