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The Presidency of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson and the Common Man? Indian Removal Nullification The Real Andrew Jackson Born in 1767 in South Carolina, self-made lawyer, legislator and slave owner National hero at the Battle of New Orleans Removed Creek Indians from Tennessee, fought against Seminole Indians in Florida 7th President, 1828-1837 The Real Andrew Jackson He was not really a champion for the “common man” in fact he was a slave owner with a large plantation He may have acted like a frontiersman but he was more like a refined Southern gentleman. He was paternalist and a man of opportunity The Battle of New Orleans The Spoils System Spoils system is a Jacksonian idea, he believes that changing government workers is a good thing It is a system that basically rewards political supporters with government jobs He believes that ordinary citizens can do government jobs Racism Towards Indians Americans had a history of violating treaties and forcibly removing Indians from their land They had 2 views of dealing with Indians either: forcibly remove them and relocate them to lands west of the Mississippi A growing number of Americans view Indians as an inferior who blocked progress The Cherokee Developed their alphabet and published a bilingual newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix George Gist creator of Cherokee alphabet. Some were wealthy planters who owned slaves and made their living from cotton They even adopted American racism towards blacks! John Ross Son of a Scotsman and Cherokee mother, who adopted American way of life Wanted to prove loyalty during War of 1812 and was veteran who served under Jackson Strongly fought against the taking of Cherokee lands by using the American legal and diplomacy Major Ridge Veteran of War of 1812, fought against the British and becomes a major He feels that some of Cherokee Georgia land must be sold to Georgia to prevent the suffering of his people Fought against racism and discrimination toward Cherokee through legal