JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Win a major war.
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Not have any political background before becoming President.
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Expand the size of the country.
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Take over as President when the current President died in office.
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Harrison died just one month after taking office, and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency.
Detailed explanation-2: -The biography for President Tyler and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) when President William Henry Harrison died in April 1841.
Detailed explanation-3: -The presidency of John Tyler began on April 4, 1841, when John Tyler became President of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison, and ended on March 4, 1845. He had been Vice President of the United States for only 31 days when he assumed the presidency.
Detailed explanation-4: -On March 1, 1845, President John Tyler signed a joint resolution to annex Texas. The resolution called for Texas to enter the United States directly as a state, with its boundaries to be determined after annexation.