This lesson will include information about the presidents of the United States of America in chronological order. While this topic is informative in itself, these lessons will help build American English listening and reading skills as well. Please make sure to pay close attention to the following materials and don’t forget to share your insights and what you’ve learned in the comments section below.
Directions: Listen to the audio and read the text below one or more times.
07-Andrew-Jackson-Loved_HatedDirections: Watch the video and take the quiz below to check your understanding. After you finish, please share your insights and what you’ve learned in the comments section below.
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4.8.2: Lesson 8 Year 4.
The Presidents of the U.S.A.
” Andrew Jackson”
The seventh president, from 1829-1837 was unlike any of the other early U.S presidents. Andrew Jackson belonged from a poor family, had a little education, he was tall and thin with red hair and bright blue eyes. though he was not well educated but he taught himself enough to become a lawyer. The reason of his nationality known was the fighting against Native American Tribes and then as a general in War of 1812 against British.
Anderw Jackson earned three nick names, because he was uncompromising and strong as a tree, solders called him,” Old Hickory”. A group of Greek Indians gave him another name, the name was,” Sharp Knife” and the third name was, ” Hero of the New Orleans”. It was his best-known military operation in New Orleans Louisiana. Many Americans saw him as a man of the people, because came from experience and hard work not wealth and family connections.
Andrew Jackson wanted to be a powerful leader who controlled a limited federal government. The Indian Removal Act was signed into a law by him on May 28, 1830, authorizing the President to grant lands west of Mississippi in exchange for Indians land within existing state borders. The Indian Removal Act served not only to aid an economic boom in cotton, but to spread slavery further in the United State. Part of the Jackson’s legacy was the two major party system that existed in the U.S today. The name of Andrew Jackson is still often used as a positive symbol of American democracy. He died on June 8, 1845, at age 78 due to tuberculosis.