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|Image = Andrew Jackson | |Image = Andrew Jackson Daguerrotype-crop.jpg | ||
|fullname = Andrew Jackson | |fullname = Andrew Jackson | ||
|alias = Old Hickory<br>King Mob<br>The Hero of New Orleans<br>Colonel Jackson<br>Sharp Knife<br>King Andrew the First | |alias = Old Hickory<br>King Mob<br>The Hero of New Orleans<br>Colonel Jackson<br>Sharp Knife<br>King Andrew the First<br>President Jackson | ||
|occupation = President of the United States (1829 - 1837)<br>U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797 - 1798, 1823 - 1825) | |occupation = President of the United States (1829 - 1837)<br>U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797 - 1798, 1823 - 1825) | ||
|origin = Carolina, British America | |origin = Carolina, British America | ||
|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br> | |crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Slavery]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>Abuse of power<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Native American Sentiment]]<br>[[Misogyny]] | ||
|goals = Remove the Native Americans (succeeded)<br>End the Abolitionist movement (failed) | |goals = Remove the Native Americans (succeeded)<br>End the Abolitionist movement (failed) | ||
|type of villain = Genocidal President}} | |type of villain = Genocidal President}} | ||
{{Quote|The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.|Andrew Jackson}} | {{Quote|The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.|Andrew Jackson}} | ||
'''Andrew Jackson''' (March 15 | '''Andrew Jackson''' (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the 7<sup>th</sup> President of the United States. | ||
He championed the rights of the common man and was responsible for many good deeds, including expanding America's territory (including the state of Florida), introducing the Tariff Act in 1832 and providing the people with laws they wanted rather than leaving everything up to Congress. | He championed the rights of the common man and was responsible for many good deeds, including expanding America's territory (including the state of Florida), introducing the Tariff Act in 1832 and providing the people with laws they wanted rather than leaving everything up to Congress. But ultimately, his presidency and reputation were overshadowed by his Indian Removal Act, which killed around 60,000 Cherokee alone, and involved the [[The Trail of Tears]]. He also invaded South Carolina when the state opposed his Tariff act, forcing them to compromise. | ||
But ultimately, his presidency and reputation were overshadowed by his Indian Removal Act, which killed around 60,000 Cherokee alone, and involved [[The Trail of Tears]]. | |||
He also invaded South Carolina when the state opposed his Tariff act, forcing them to compromise. | |||
He served as an inspiration for two later presidents, also from Tennessee: [[James Polk]] and [[Andrew Johnson]]. | He served as an inspiration for two later presidents, also from Tennessee: [[James Polk]] and [[Andrew Johnson]]. | ||
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**Jackson permitted slaves to be whipped to increase productivity or if he believed his slaves' offenses were severe enough. | **Jackson permitted slaves to be whipped to increase productivity or if he believed his slaves' offenses were severe enough. | ||
**At various times he posted advertisements for fugitive slaves who had escaped from his plantation. In one advertisement placed in the Tennessee Gazette in October 1804, Jackson offered "ten dollars extra, for every hundred lashes any person will give him, to the amount of three hundred." | **At various times he posted advertisements for fugitive slaves who had escaped from his plantation. In one advertisement placed in the Tennessee Gazette in October 1804, Jackson offered "ten dollars extra, for every hundred lashes any person will give him, to the amount of three hundred." | ||
**While in charge of New Orleans he banned all anti-slavery literature from the city and stated that abolitionists deserved to die. | **While in charge of New Orleans, he banned all anti-slavery literature from the city and stated that abolitionists deserved to die. | ||
**He actively delayed the abolition of slavery by banning it from being discussed in Congress. | **He actively delayed the abolition of slavery by banning it from being discussed in Congress. | ||
*He engaged a man named Charles Dickinson in a gun duel after Dickinson made [[Defamation|defamatory]] statements about him in a newspaper. Jackson won the duel, killing Dickinson. His behavior in the duel outraged men in Tennessee, who called it a brutal, cold-blooded killing and saddled Jackson with a reputation as a violent, vengeful man. He became a social outcast. | *He engaged a man named Charles Dickinson in a gun duel after Dickinson made [[Defamation|defamatory]] statements about him in a newspaper. Jackson won the duel, killing Dickinson. His behavior in the duel outraged men in Tennessee, who called it a brutal, cold-blooded killing and saddled Jackson with a reputation as a violent, vengeful man. He became a social outcast. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* He was known as "Sharp Knife" by the Five Civilized Tribes, because he was an infamous Indian killer and many were killed during the Trail of Tears. | *He was known as "Sharp Knife" by the Five Civilized Tribes, because he was an infamous Indian killer and many were killed during the Trail of Tears. | ||
*He is named before [[Andrew Johnson]] since him and Johnson were the Andrews who were | *He is named before [[Andrew Johnson]] since him and Johnson were the Andrews who were villains and U.S Presidents. | ||
*He is the first of | *Despite being against the National Bank, Jackson is on the US twenty-dollar bill. | ||
*He is the first of fourteen US presidents to be on this wiki. The others being [[Martin Van Buren]], [[William Henry Harrison]], [[James K. Polk]], [[Millard Fillmore]], [[Franklin Pierce]], [[James Buchanan]], [[Andrew Johnson]], [[Grover Cleveland]], [[Benjamin Harrison]], [[William McKinley]], [[Woodrow Wilson]], [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Donald Trump]]. | |||
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[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | [[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | ||
[[Category:Control Freaks]] | [[Category:Control Freaks]] | ||
[[Category:Lawful Evil]] | [[Category:Lawful Evil]] | ||