...Andrew Jackson: The American Presidents. By Sean Wilentz. Princeton University: Published by Times Books. January 1st, 2006. ISBN: 0-8050-6925-9. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Pp.xiii, 166. Fearless, principled, and damaged. Andrew Jackson can be considered one of the most controversial presidents, or even an outlaw, amongst the U.S. Jackson was a strong advocate for war and protecting his country. His early life was without a doubt, dissimilar from many presidents. Although, the traumatizing experiences he endured will be the fuel that would soon spark the flames of Jackson’s journey to glory. It was Jackson’s mother envisioned his leader like abilities early, in which she spent her last dime on his education. In 1779, Jackson and his brother were exposed early to the brutal tactics of the American Revolutionary war. The betrayal of a local Waxhaw loyalty led to their capture by British troops and forced to clean boots. The refusing Jackson was sliced over the head with a sword. They both undertook many health problems (including smallpox), which would eventually lead to the death of his brother. Shortly after, his mother died which left Jackson orphaned at 14. Jackson attracted many different jobs before finally settling in Tennessee, as a public prosecutor in 1787. With his salary being the 2nd highest in the state, He continued to climb up the political ladder and gain respect from locals. With much passion about the military, Jackson gained national reputation from his...
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...Physical Geography Lab Tues.-2:15 Hurricane Andrew A natural hazard is a possibility of a natural event that causes harm to humans, or other things we care about. The hazard is categorized between an extreme event and a disaster. An extreme event is just an unusual event that doesn't necessarily cause harm. A disaster is an event that does cause harm in significant amounts (Tschakert, Zimmerer, King, Baum & Wang, 2012). I thought that Hurricane Andrew was a very good example of a natural hazard. Andrew was formed by a tropical wave near the Cape Verde Islands. It crossed Western Africa to the tropical Northern Atlantic Ocean. This area of low pressure then grew into a Tropical Depression. Winds are at about 31 mph at this point. The next step is the Hurricane stage, where winds reached around 74 mph (Dix, 2001). Hurricane Andrew is considered a disaster from all the damages done to the Bahamas, southern Florida, and south central Louisiana. Andrew became a hurricane on August 22, 1992, and strengthened to a category 4 hurricane the next day. Andrew was the third most intense U.S. land-falling hurricane this century, and the strongest since Hurricane Camille in 1969 (McCown, 11 F). Hurricane Andrew was caused by the creation of a tropical wave, which then turned into a tropical storm the next day. Moving toward Florida, Andrew caused mass destruction while the storm dissipated multiple times. While crossing the Gulf Stream it picked up more power and became a category...
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...WHAT IS NOVEL? A Novel is prose narrative of considerable length and some complexity that deals imaginatively (fictional) with human experiences (near to life) through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting. Previously it was known as fictional narrative or narrative prose. ( A Narrative opens “in media res”. This means it opens usually with the hero at his lowest point “in the middle of things”, earlier portions of the story appear later as flashbacks..) Main characterstics of novels are theme, plot or setting, structure, action or events in a sequence, strong characterization and expressive language. The genre of extended prose fiction or narrative fictional prose i.e. novel is rooted in the tradition of medieval "romances" or the heroic romance in prose. The term ‘roman or romance’ linked fictions back to the histories that had appeared in the Romance language of 11th and 12th-century southern France. The typical Arthurian romance became a fashion in the late 12th century. The unexpected and peculiar adventures surprised the audience in romances like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1380).The romance had become a stable generic term by the beginning of the 13th century, as in the Roman de la Rose (c. 1230), famous today in English through Geoffrey Chaucer's late 14th-century translation. Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1380–87) is a late example of this European fashion. Prose narrators wrote narrative patterns as employed...
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...Andrew Jackson’s effect in the American politics Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, is one of the most important and significant presidents in the history of the United States. As a vice-president and president (1824 to 1832) he reshaped and redirected the course of American expansion and democracy. Jackson believed the president is the direct representative of the people. He was the man of action and shrewd politician. He knew how to manipulate men and could be affable or abusive or abusive as the occasion demanded.(nation of nations, 2005 ) Andrew Jackson came to personify the new democratic culture. Through his forceful leadership he significantly expanded the powers of the presidency. Jackson threatened to use force against South Carolina when it tried to nullify the federal tariff using john c. Calhoun’s theory of nullification that is that a state convention could nullify a federal law. He vetoed a bill to recharter the second bank of the United States and destroyed the bank by removing its federal deposits. He called for legislation to remove native peoples west to of the Mississippi voiding treaties found legitimate by the Supreme Court during the winter months of 1835-36 to ensure the greatest suffering to these peoples. One quarter of the tribal people died in transit to Oklahoma during this move. Jacksonian era went through the deep and rapid changes. The revolution in markets brought both economic expansion and periodic depressions as its citizens competed...
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...Andrew Carnegie: A Tribute "My heart is in the work." -- Andrew Carnegie Neither a rags-to-riches biographical sketch nor a perfectly scanned-in image of Mr. Carnegie could serve as as great a personal tribute to the great Founder of Libraries, the earnest Champion of Peace and the resolute Captain of Industry as presenting his own words online--available electronically and immediately to the whole world through the World Wide Web. He would be tickled pink. Mr. Carnegie loved to promote his ideas and opinions in print. As one of America's most successful businessmen and, perhaps, the world's richest man, it can be assumed that he felt his opinions and advice were not without proven merit. In fact, his journalistic career had begun early when the young man found himself barred from free membership in Col. James Anderson's "Mechanics' and Apprentices' Library." In 1853 Carnegie took the matter to the pages of the Pittsburgh Dispatch; and, as Joseph Wall notes in his definitive biography of Andrew Carnegie, the victory the young man won through his letters to the editor left a lasting impression: It was also his first literary success, and for Andrew nothing else that he had known in the way of recognition by others had been quite as exhilarating as this experience of seeing his own words in print. It fed his vanity and at the same time increased his appetite for more such food. At that moment a journalistic ambition was born which he would spend the remainder of his life...
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...Crystal Martin Summary of The Gospel of Andrew Carnegie After the Civil War, the United States’ economy found itself drastically changing. Many people believe that because of the North’s victory over the south, this inspired people to begin investing and building, along with influencing stocks and bonds. The people who did this were known as “robber barons”, which was a derogatory term to describe their greed. The rest of the economy was slowly realizing that these “robber barons” had much more power in the economy than many governments. In 1970 when the economy began its downfall into a depression, hundreds of thousands of people found themselves suddenly without a job. This led people to wonder if the robber barons would organize any types of charity to help out those less fortunate. Since these were the people who controlled all of the money, only time would tell if they would help out. Andrew Carnegie was the first robber baron to start donating, mostly to universities and libraries. Carnegie was not born wealthy, but slowly started off working as a messenger boy. He made such a strong impression that he was soon promoted to secretary, earning $35 a week. His superintendent at the railroad took a strong liking to him, often giving investment tips. He made good investments, which paid off big time. He learned how to produce steel and started a few plants, making more money than he had ever dreamed of. Carnegie’s goal was to earn $50,000 a year and anything else more...
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...President Andrew Jackson was the first president not from the rich Aristocracy class. This means he was not born into the wealthy gentleman class as the prior presidents were. He was a man of the people and for the people and strongly believed in that motto. The road he took to the White House and the way he ran the country as President would change the country and democracy forever. Andrew Jackson was born on the frontier in South Carolina to a poor family. His Father died at a young age and his mother raise him and his brothers. At the age of 14 Jackson left to join the continental army to fight the British in the Revolutionary War(23) Meachem. Him and his brothers were captured by the British and put into a prison camp and treated very poorly. His brothers were killed in this camp and coming out of it he developed a strong hatred toward the British. Also his mom was killed while serving as a nurse for the Army so he was an orphan after the War and travelled from family to family. Growing up poor and having bad experiences with the British as a young kid will affect his policies as president. Jackson became a successful lawyer in Tennessee and made a name for himself and became very wealthy. He was elected the general of the Tennessee volunteer Army at the time of the Battle of 1812(67) Meachem. His most impressive accomplishment was his victory at the battle...
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...Andrew Carnegie: Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. As a young kid his parents believed in books and education. As a young adult he wanted to make money, so he got a job as a factory worker when his family moved to Pennsylvania in 1848. A year after that, he got a different job as a telegraph messenger. Wanting to go further he became a telegraph operator. He then got a job on the railroad as an assistant and telegrapher. Carnegie began to make many investments, one of these was oil. He then began becoming interested in steel. He soon opened up his own business called Carnegie steel company. He revolutionized the steel industry as we know it. He began building steel plants all over the country. Using new technology and new methods he was able to mass produce steel. He was so successful because he had everything he needed, raw material, ships, and railroads. http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-carnegie-9238756#early-life Carnegie treated his workers poorly. Since steel was cheap, that meant that his workers suffered. The workers had lower wages due to this. The steel was cheap so he couldn’t really pay his workers fairly. Also job security was an issue, people would be there for a little, then he would get new people. The workers never really knew when they would be laid off or if they had a job, no one really knew. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/sfeature/mf_flames.html When Carnegie...
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...Andrew Carnegie, a steel magnate, wrote one of the best defenses of the time of the New Economic Order. This defense came in the form of an essay called “The Gospel of Wealth”, published in 1889. In this essay, he argues that the benefits of industrialization outweigh the negatives, saying, “To-day the world obtains commodities of excellent quality at prices which even the generation preceding this would have deemed incredible. In the commercial world similar causes have produced similar results, and the race is benefited thereby. The poor enjoy what the rich could not before afford. What were the luxuries have become the necessaries of life. The laborer has now more comforts than the landlord had a few generations ago. The farmer has more luxuries than the landlord had, and is more richly clad and better housed. The landlord has books and pictures rarer, and appointments more artistic, than the King could then obtain.” For the given time period, I am forced to disagree with this quote for the same reason that the poor likely would have. As discussed in “American Horizons- US History in a Global Content”, although this was a time of much technological advancement, there was also a widening gap between the upper and lower class. In The Gospel of Wealth, Carnegie says, “The poor enjoy what the rich could not before afford”. Although this may have been true, it is important to understand the circumstances of the time period. Yes, the poor could indulge in things that were...
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...Andrew Jackson Essay Dr. Clark President Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was a self-made man. Jackson was the only president to symbolize another great generation. Andrew Jackson has his own age known as he “Jacksonian age. No other president could stand for their own age. President Jackson had enhanced many presidential powers through his tough personality, and how he was able to take on many challenges. He has strengthened the Democracy by vetoing countless bills, and paid the national debt. Jackson had also taken a huge role on the Indian removal act. The challenges “old hickory” faced were not easy and he was the one to be believed the strongest president. Andrew Jackson had strengthened the democracy in a few ways. One way he had strengthened the democracy is that Jackson believed “the president was the servant of the people” (page 114-115).This meant that he believed the people being served was to give them what they really desired and to keep them satisfied with his presidency. At first, Jackson didn’t believe he was fit to be president. He knew his ability could control a group of fighting men for battle, but Jackson never believed in his ability that he could take on and control an entire country. Although, he strongly believed the people of the country had the right to choose, so he encouraged voting rights. In the book “when people called it, it was the leaders duty to act upon the service” (67). Jackson had took the idea of becoming president into further thought...
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...Biography of Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Who was Andrew Young Jr.? Most people immediately associate him with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and the Civil Rights Movement. I chose to write about Andrew Young because of his strong feelings about the rights of black Americans. He felt that everyone, black or white, should have equal rights. Andrew fought along the side of Martin Luther King, Jr. and continued the work after King's death. The Civil Rights Movement required many dedicated and determined souls. Andrew Young, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of peace who believed in using love vice hate to settle disagreements. He accomplished many wonderful things to help Martin Luther King's Dream live on. Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the depths of the Great Depression and Jim Crow segregation. His grandfather had been a successful businessman who had operated a drugstore, a pool hall, and a saloon. His father, Andrew Young Sr. was a dentist and his mother Daisy Fuller Young was a school teacher. The Young’s were among the elite of the city’s black population, which was largely poor and uneducated. Dr. Young Sr. could have afforded to live in a well-to-do white neighborhood, but no one would sell to him.(African American pg 104) .His parents were always very supportive of Andrew and his brother Walter. His parents always taught them the importance of religion and education and to treat others with respect...
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...No, Andrew Jackson should not be removed from the $20 bill. Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States and he served two terms as President between 1828 and 1836. While Jackson’s Presidency is marked with several controversies it also is marked with several successes. Andrew Jackson was popular with the average American man during this time. He was often referred to as the common man’s President. Prior to Andrew Jackson being elected President the wealthy aristocrats played a larger role in politics and the United States had a corrupt governmental system. After Jackson’s successful election government in the United States was changed. Jackson was a founding leader of the Democratic Party. Jackson believed that the president is not just an executive. He believed that as President he should be a representative of all the people. Andrew Jackson played a large part in shaping our democracy today. (Andrew Jackson, 2013) Andrew Jackson played a vital role in the shaping of the United States modern democracy. Many opponents of Jackson believe that he should not be on the $20 dollar bill because of his decisions towards Native Americans and the fact that he owned several hundred slaves. Although these are true facts regarding Andrew Jackson I don’t feel as though they are reason enough to remove him from the $20 dollar bill. We have to think about the time frame that Andrew Jackson was elected president in. During this time slavery was not against the law and...
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...defined as doing what’s right for your country and giving the people a right to have representation in government by voting. The concept of the “common man” describes a white working male of middle class. Andrew Jackson was the 7th president and American war hero from the war of 1812 battle of New Orleans and fought in the Revolutionary war when he was young. Andrew Jackson supported the representation of the “common man” which made him popular amongst those who were considered in his eyes to be the “common man”. Andrew Jackson was both a democratic and undemocratic president because of his Native American policy, economic policy and Jacksonian political policy. Andrew Jackson acted democratically and undemocratically on the issue of Native American policy. The Native American Policy was how Natives were treated by the government. Source J demonstrates Jackson’s undemocratic values; showing the trails the Native American as he forces Native Americans to move and not be allowed a say in the government’s decisions on moving west. In source E, Andrew Jackson shows his democracy by wanting to help the Natives. This example is of Andrew Jackson suggestion to congress for moving all tribes west to one area to keep them from all becoming extinct. This suggestion is made official when Andrew Jackson creates the Indian Removal Act. Source L is the letters written by Jackson to his wife about the adoption of a young Native American boy without any other family. This is proof that Jackson does...
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...Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was born into a recently immigrated Scots-Irish farming family of relatively modest means, near the end of the colonial era. He was born somewhere near the then-unmarked border between North and South Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War Jackson, whose family supported the revolutionary cause, acted as a courier. He was captured, at age 13, and mistreated by his British captors. He later became a lawyer, and in 1796 he was in Nashville and helped found the state of Tennessee. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and then to the U. S. Senate. In 1801, Jackson was appointed colonel in the Tennessee militia, which became his political as well as military base. Jackson owned hundreds of slaves who worked on the Hermitage plantation which he acquired in 1804. Jackson killed a man in a duel in 1806, over a matter of honor regarding his wife Rachel. Jackson gained national fame through his role in the War of 1812, where he won decisive victories over the Indians and then over the main British invasion army at the Battle of New Orleans. Jackson's army was sent to Florida where, without orders, he deposed the small Spanish garrison. This led directly to the treaty which formally transferred Florida from Spain to the United States. Nominated for president in 1824, Jackson narrowly lost to John Quincy Adams. Jackson's supporters then founded what became...
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...The Man, the Story Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie came from humble begins, born in Scotland on 25th November 1835. He and his parents stayed in Scotland until 1848 when they went to America, due to the economic depression. He had his first job at the age of 12 in a cotton factory but his knew that he had to continue to get an education by going to night school. “At 14 Carnegie became a messenger boy in the local Pittsburgh Telegraph Office. His abilities were noticed by Thomas A. Scott, the superintendent of the western division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He made Carnegie his secretary. During the Civil War Scott was appointed assistant secretary of war and Carnegie went to Washington to work as his right-hand man. Carnegie's work included organizing the military telegraph system.” (Spartacus School Net, 2011). The work that he did with Mr. Scott was the stepping stone that he needed to start his climb to the top. Carnegie took over as the superintendent of the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. “Carnegie shrewdly invested in several promising ventures including the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company and several small iron mills and factories. The most important of these was Keystone Bridge, a company which he owned a one-fifth share. Carnegie made regular visits to Britain where he observed the rapid developments in the iron industry. He was especially impressed by the converter invented by Henry Bessemer. Carnegie realized that steel would now replace iron for the...
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