Andrew Jackson
was born in Waxhaws border of the Carolinas into a family of
poverty. His father died before he was born. His mother and
brothers died from diseases, which were contracted from the British
during the Revolutionary War. Jackson wanted revenge on the "red
coats." The War of 1812 was his perfect opportunity. In a brutal
battle to keep New Orleans, he defeated the British and became a
national hero. In 1828, he became the seventh president of the
United
States. Although Jackson was a national hero from the Battle of
New Orleans, his presidential administration was flawed due to
creating the spoils system, sending troops to states that disagreed
with him, and the demise of thousands of Native Americans. Jackson
was the first president to come up with the idea of the "spoils
system." The spoils system was distributing government jobs to his
supporters and his friends, which could led to incompetency. The
discouraged idea
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The north was
becoming increasingly industrialized while the south was still
mainly agricultural. Congress passed a tariff that benefitted the
producers of cloth, mostly north, however it shrunk the demand for
southern raw cotton. The south were infuriated and looked to Vice
President, John C. Calhoun, for support against the "tariff of
abomination." Calhoun supported the first tariff, however, if he
ever wanted a future political career he needed to rethink his
position. Calhoun proposed the idea that the power of states should
be greater than the federal. South Carolina then believed they had
the right to nullify the tariff. Jackson who did not approve of
nullification threatened to send troops in. He also forced Calhoun
into resigning his position. Meanwhile, South Carolina threatened
to secede the union. Jackson was granted a bill from congress to
enact and send troops in, however, Henry Clay revised the tariff
before armed confrontation was
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