All of the following are true statements about Andrew Jackson EXCEPT *

1. Andrew Jackson was described by his enemies as a "dangerous military chieftain"

2. As President of the US, Andrew Jackson eliminated all federal debt.

3. Jackson was a strict reader of the US Constitution. He rarely used his power to veto Congressional bills.

4. Jackson was seen as a "common man" by his supporters and he pushed for individual liberty and citizens' rights.

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He served two terms in office from 1829 to 1837.

During Jackson’s presidency, the United States evolved from a republic—in which only landowners could vote—to a mass democracy, in which white men of all socioeconomic classes were enfranchised.

Jackson oversaw the Indian Removal Act, which forcibly relocated tens of thousands of Native Americans and had a devastating effect on the Native population.

The early life of Andrew Jackson

From humble beginnings, Andrew Jackson worked his way up to wealth and national prominence. His early life was colorful and filled with adventure. Born in 1767 in the Carolinas to a Scots-Irish immigrant family of modest means, Jackson became involved in politics as a child during the Revolutionary War when he worked as a courier for the revolutionary cause. At the tender age of 13, he was captured by the British and suffered both a head injury that left him permanently scarred and an outbreak of smallpox.