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{{Villain_Infobox|Image = Andrew Jackson 2.jpg|fullname = Andrew Jackson|alias = Old Hickory<br>King Mob<br>The Hero of New Orleans<br>Colonel Jackson<br>Sharp Knife|occupation = President of the United States (1829 - 1837)<br>U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797 - 1798, 1823 - 1825)|type of villain = Genocidal Corrupt Official | {{Villain_Infobox|Image = Andrew Jackson 2.jpg|fullname = Andrew Jackson|alias = Old Hickory<br>King Mob<br>The Hero of New Orleans<br>Colonel Jackson<br>Sharp Knife|occupation = President of the United States (1829 - 1837)<br>U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1797 - 1798, 1823 - 1825)|type of villain = Genocidal Corrupt Official|origin = Carolina, British America|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Slavery<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>Abuse of power|goals = Remove the Native Americans (succeeded)<br>End the Abolitionist movement (failed)}}{{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<sup>th</sup>, 1767 – June 8<sup>th</sup>, 1845) was the 7<sup>th</sup> President of the United States. | '''Andrew Jackson''' (March 15<sup>th</sup>, 1767 – June 8<sup>th</sup>, 1845) was the 7<sup>th</sup> President of the United States. | ||
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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]]. | ||
==The Trail of Tears== | ==The Trail of Tears== | ||
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. Members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations (including thousands of their black slaves) were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as 'Indian Territory'. | The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. Members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations (including thousands of their black slaves) were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as 'Indian Territory'. | ||