Part one of term paper
Andrew Jackson was not plainly a common man or an aristocrat. He was in fact a combination of the two. Because he came into popularity on the frontier and was not of aristocratic decent he is often considered to be a common man. However, many facts about his life do not coincide with this stereotype. From the beginning of his career in Te ...

Part two of term paper
... Many of them were not born aristocrats but merely rose from middle or lower class migrants who had prospered. Jackson was one of these self-made aristocrats, a blend of pioneer and aristocrat. Jackson began his life as a commoner who after losing all of his family began studying law. In his early twenties Jackson came to Tennessee where he established himself as a lawyer. Being on of only two lawyers’ in his town, he gained wealth. After buying both land and slaves with his new weal ...