Early Life
He was born on March 15, 1767, in this region on the border of North and South Carolina.
What is the Waxhaws?
Jackson became a national hero after defeating British forces at this battle in January 1815.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
Jackson became the seventh president of the United States in this year.
What is 1829?
Jackson won reelection in this year.
What is 1832?
This nickname was given to Jackson because of his strong personality and toughness.
What is 'Old Hickory'?
This was the amount of formal schooling Jackson received: very little or a great deal?
What is very little?
This war made Jackson famous as a military leader.
What is the War of 1812?
This political party formed around Jackson and his supporters.
What is the Democratic Party?
This state challenged federal tariff laws and threatened a major national crisis.
What is South Carolina?
As a young prisoner, Jackson refused to do this for a British officer, who then struck him with a saber.
What is a shine in the officer's boots?
This woman was Andrew Jackson's wife.
Who was Rachel Jackson?
Jackson commanded American forces in a campaign against this Native American people in 1813–1814.
Who were the Creek people?
Jackson's supporters believed this national financial institution favored the wealthy and opposed its recharter.
What is the bank of the United States?
This South Carolina political leader opposed Jackson during the Nullification Crisis.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
This famous piece of U.S. currency features Jackson's face.
What is the $20 dollar bill?
Jackson moved west of the Appalachian Mountains to this future state, where he worked as a lawyer.
What is Tennessee?
This Alabama battle, also called Tohopeka, was a major American victory in 1814.
What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
Jackson used this presidential power to block the bank's recharter.
What is the veto?
Jackson sought federal authority to use these to enforce federal laws in South Carolina.
What are armed forces?
Opponents mocked Jackson with this royal-sounding nickname.
Who was 'King Andrew I'?
In 1796, Jackson became the first person elected to this national legislative chamber from Tennessee.
What is the U.S. House of Representatives?
In 1817, Jackson ordered an invasion of this territory, which was then controlled by Spain.
What is Florida?
This forced relocation policy pushed Native American tribes from their homelands east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal?
This Supreme Court ruling concerning Cherokee tribal lands in Georgia did Jackson not enforce?
What is the ruling that Georgia had no authority over Native American tribal lands?
During an assassination attempt in 1835, Jackson fought back against his attacker with this object.
What was his walking cane?