1. Name: Jackson: Life Before the Presidency – Video Questions Early Years – 4:44 Where did Jackson ’ s parents immigrate from? Why does the historian say that Jackson became an adult prone to violence? During the Revolutionary War, who did the Patriots rely on to carry orders through the batte lines? How did Jackson get the scar on his arms that he had all his life? Why might Jackson have been described as a troublemaker as a young man? What aspects of Jackson ’ s character does the historian say pulled him through and allowed him to succeed?

2. Young Congressman Jackson – 1:40 What state did Jackson represent in Congress in 1796? What did Jackson dislike about Congress? After just over a year in Congress, Jackson left to do what?

3. The Battle of Horseshoe Bend – 3:14 During the War of 1812, Jackson led forces against the Creek Indians, who were allies of the British. What tribe was fighting with Jackson ’ s forces against the Creek? How many Creek warriors surrendered? More Native Americans were killed in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend than ____________________ One of the American soldiers said that the river that night could be called “ A River of____________. ”

4. The Battle of New Orleans – 3:21 Who did Jackson enlist to help him fight against the British? To the surprise of the British, what did Jackson ’ s troops do when faced with the attack by British soldiers? As news of the battle spread across the country, what happened in America?

5. Excerpt from James Parton's biography of Andrew Jackson In 1860, less than fifteen years after the death of Andrew Jackson, the journalist James Parton wrote the first scholarly biography of the seventh president. In the preface to his book, Parton notes the difficulties that attended the research he conducted on Jackson. Parton found that the different accounts of Jackson that he read did not agree with one another. Jackson, apparently, was a man of many faces, some of which contradicted each other. In the following excerpt, Parton explains how, after years of study, instead of discovering the real Andrew Jackson he found an enigma. For many months I was immersed in this unique, bewildering collection, reading endless newspapers, pamphlets, books, without arriving at any conclusion whatever. If any one, at the end of a year even, had asked what I had yet discovered respecting General Jackson, I might have answered thus: “Andrew Jackson, I am given to understand, was a patriot and a traitor. He was one of the greatest of generals, and wholly ignorant of the art of war. A writer brilliant, elegant, eloquent, without being able to compose a correct sentence, or spell words of four syllables. The first of statesmen, he never devised, he never framed a measure. He was the most candid of men, and was capable of the profoundest dissimulation. A most law-defying, law-obeying citizen. A stickler for discipline, he never hesitated to disobey his superior. A democratic autocrat. An urbane savage. An atrocious saint.” So difficult is it to attain information respecting a man whom two thirds of his fellow citizens deified, and the other third vilified, for space of twelve years or more. Look at the quote in bold. What does this mean about Jackson, in your own words? Write your answer below.