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Andrew Jackson: The Firebrand

September 15, 2020

Andrew Jackson: The Firebrand

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    Andrew Jackson had a long face and striking blank eyes, but you already knew that thanks to the $20 bills that are plastered with his face.

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    You'd think that would be a pretty good legacy for a guy who died almost 200 years ago.

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    But Andrew Jackson wouldn't have been charmed by his little green portraits because he hated paper money, so much so that he messed with the money supply and threw America into one of its earliest recessions.

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He rang in his presidency with a legendary kick-off party that ended with free-for-all punch bowls on the White House lawn. But really, the celebration marked the beginning of an absolutely disastrous two terms. Violence, racism and chauvinism were in Jackson’s blood—from deadly duels to Native American massacres to the demonic death march he directed across the country.  

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