Defining Andrew Jackson: Political Patriot or Military Dictator

The focus of this module is the Jacksonian Democracy period. Andrew Jackson was in some eyes a military dictator. Students will decide if he used his executive power to be a dictator or if he really contributed to the growth of the nation. Content in this module is a portion of a unit on economic growth in the 1800's. A lesson (power point) is presented in the beginning of module to give students the background knowledge needed.