Encore: The Age of Jackson | Great White Father | 4

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

During his military career, Andrew Jackson won several ruthless victories over indigenous people. After becoming president in 1829, he waged political war against them, too. Jackson championed “Indian removal” – the forced displacement of Native Americans to make way for white settlers. And none would feel the brunt of Jackson’s policies more than the groups known as the “Five Civilized Tribes” – the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
0:05.6	download the app today.
0:08.3	This summer American History Tellers will present a special seven-part series on one of the
0:12.4	most pivotal and violent events in our nation's history, the Civil War.
0:16.9	But first, we're bringing you an encore presentation of a series about that war's origins.
0:22.0	This is the Age of Jackson.
0:35.1	Imagine it's a warm spring morning in Washington, D.C., May 26, 1830.
0:41.0	You didn't sleep well last night.
0:42.7	You can't help feeling anxious thinking about the day ahead.
0:45.3	Head to the dining room, sit down across from your wife for breakfast.
0:49.3	She's already leafing through the newspaper.
0:51.2	The headlines blare, house to decide Cherokee's fate.
0:54.9	Ready for the vote today?
0:56.4	Yeah.
0:57.4	Not gonna be easy, though.
0:59.2	She squeezes your hand.
1:00.9	Whatever happens will manage.
1:02.6	Jackson can't force you from office for opposing.
1:05.2	Do what you think is right.
1:07.0	You kiss your wife goodbye and grab your hat for the short walk to the Capitol, mulling
1:10.8	over the vote before you.
1:12.8	A month ago, your colleagues in the Senate, led by President Andrew Jackson, voted to pass
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