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Jacksonian Democracy?
Illustrations from an 1846 book, Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson, with engraved scenes from Jackson’s life.

Illustrations from an 1846 book, Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson, with engraved scenes from Jackson’s life.

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Frost, John, excerpts from “Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/34f0124dbc897c2f132b692cf8ad0baf.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Yale University via HathiTrust.

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An 1830 engraving of President Andrew Jackson.
Illustrations from an 1846 book, Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson, with engraved scenes from Jackson’s life.
A satin printed copy of Jackson’s First Inaugural Address in 1829.
Jackson’s first presidential veto was the Maysville Road Bill in 1829.
Jackson’s veto of the incorporation of the Second Bank of the United States, 1832.
A South Carolinian copy of Jackson’s 1833 message about nullification.
An 1833 ode by James Nack attacking Jackson on the issue of nullification.
Images of “hard times tokens” made between 1834 and 1841 to mock the economic policies of Andrew Jackson.
A political cartoon about the controversy surrounding Jackson's removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States, 1832-33.
Andrew Jackson’s 1830 message to Congress concerning Indian Removal.
Part of an 1830 pamphlet printed by the Cherokee nation discussing Indian Removal.
An 1842 poem written to commemorate the death of Andrew Jackson.

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