Andrew Jackson--Great US President or Mass Murderer?


he kept his political interests, campaigning for Martin VanBuren in 1840 and then James K. Polk in 1844. Jackson died June 8, 1845 at the age of 78 of tuberculosis and dropsy (edema).

Mass Murderer: several people are killed within a short amount of time

Genocide: willful killing of a whole race or nation (Webster’s 21st Century Dictionary, p.115)

Life After the White House: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4996...

The Trail of Tears: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/5766...

Cherokee Brigadier General Stand Waite: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/5766...

A Brief Biography of Andrew Jackson 1767-1845: http://odur.letrug/nl/~usa/P/aj7/about/b...

The Resourceful Adaptable Creek: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/6814...

Biography of Andrew Jackson: http://search.biography.com/record.pl?id...

For the Record: Presidents in Uniform: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4996...

Africans in America/Part 4/ Indian Removal: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aiaold/part4/4p2...

The Cherokee Trail of Tears—Map of the Trail of Tears: http://rosecity.net/tears/trail/map.html

The Cherokee Trail of Tears—National Historic Trail—1838-1839: http://rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht...

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