Many historians have labeled the 1820s and 1830s as the "Age of Jackson" because Andrew Jackson's presidency greatly altered America's political landscape. Write an Essay that explores how Jackson's...

Many historians have labeled the 1820s and 1830s as the "Age of Jackson" because Andrew Jackson's presidency
greatly altered America's political landscape. Write an Essay that explores how Jackson's image as an uneducated
frontiersman undermined American republicanism and helped produce the partisan politics of the second political
system that has come to define American democracy. In other words, how does Jackson's life story----being born in a
log cabin before entering the White House----shape American Democracy?
Please see attached documents for the details of the paper. Thanks in advance.
Andrew Jackson was born on 4
th
March 1829. Jackson lost his father just after his birth. He had
two brothers, out of which one was killed in the Revolutionary War, while his other brother and
mother died of smallpox. Jackson was orphaned at the age of fourteen. His grandfather had left
him an inheritance of $300, which Jackson used to study law. In 1796 Andrew Jackson was
elected as Tennessee's delegate to the United States House of Representatives. The next year he
was called upon to fill the unexpired term of his state's Senator. Andrew Jackson was known as a
man with a fast temper and was time and again drawn into fights and duels
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In 1802 Jackson become Tennessee militia general. Jackson participated in the Creek Indian
Wars, during which he wrested twenty three million acres of land from tribal peoples. President
Madison awarded Jackson with the rank of major general and commanded forces in the War of
1812. in the Battle of New Orleans, he defeated the a British force of 10,000. The outcome of
this war made Jackson a national hero. He also won many wars against the forces of Spain. He
forced the span to sell their territory to United States. In 1820, Jackson was appointed Governor.
In 1823, he was elected Senator from Tennessee, and in 1824 the Tennessee legislature
nominated Andrew Jackson for President. Unfortunately, Jackson lost the president election
despite getting most votes. In 1828, again he fought the election and emerged as a winner.
Jackson was the country’s first frontier president, and his election marked a turning point in
American politics, as the center of political power shifted from East to West After...