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The statement that I removed, that suggested he hated evangelicals and was their enemy as a politician, is untrue. Many evangelicals supported Jackson, and Jackson himself was a Christian, while Adams was a Unitarian.
'''Andrew Jackson''' was the seventh [[president of the United States of America]], elected as a hero after his military triumphs over the Creek Indians of the Southeast and the [[British]] at New Orleans in 1815. As president (1829-1837), he destroyed the Bank of the United States, relocated the remaining southeastern Indians, and built a new political coalition, the [[Democrat Party]]. A self-made man, Indian fighter, war hero and a fighter (and duelist) who believed in action instead of words, he was the iconic [[Western]] folk hero.
'''Andrew Jackson''' was the seventh [[president of the United States of America]], elected as a hero after his military triumphs over the Creek Indians of the Southeast and the [[British]] at New Orleans in 1815. As president (1829-1837), he destroyed the Bank of the United States, relocated the remaining southeastern Indians, and built a new political coalition, the [[Democrat Party]]. A self-made man, Indian fighter, war hero and a fighter (and duelist) who believed in action instead of words, he was the iconic [[Western]] folk hero.
Nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his admirers, he typified popular democracy in the "Jacksonian Age" of the 1830s and 1840s, and became the leader of [[Jacksonian Democracy]] during the [[Second Party System]]. He was the founder of the Democrat Party and its hero because of his strong use of the federal government to bash conservatives and banks; the poor farmers and workers loved him because he embodied their hopes and fears, their passions and prejudices, their insight and ignorance, better than anyone. However liberals lost faith in Jackson when his harsh Indian policies became a negative in the 1960s. Jackson was a political enemy of the Evangelical Protestants of the day, who denounced his policies and supported the opposition [[Whig Party]].
Nicknamed "Old Hickory" by his admirers, he typified popular democracy in the "Jacksonian Age" of the 1830s and 1840s, and became the leader of [[Jacksonian Democracy]] during the [[Second Party System]]. He was the founder of the Democrat Party and its hero because of his strong use of the federal government to bash conservatives and banks; the poor farmers and workers loved him because he embodied their hopes and fears, their passions and prejudices, their insight and ignorance, better than anyone. However liberals lost faith in Jackson when his harsh Indian policies became a negative in the 1960s.
==Career==
==Career==