Andrew Jackson: A Self Made Man

Andrew Jackson: A Self-Made Man

Definition: Having achieved success or prominence by one's own efforts​

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What does it mean to be a self-made man?

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Read the Discovery Education page "A Self-MAde Man

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Some tragedies that occured to Andrew Jackson were...

​What tragedies occured to Andrew Jackson as a child?

1.Hardships for Andrew Jackson

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Some economic successes for Andrew Jackson were...​

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What evidence from the text supports Andrew Jackson’s economic success?​

2.Economic Success

Victories that earned Jackson his nickname were...​

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What victories are mentioned in the text that contributes to Jackson’s nickname, Old Hickory?

3.Old Hickory

Essential Question: What evidence from the text shows that Andrew Jackson was a "self-made man?

Sentence Frame: Andrew Jackson was a self made man because..