He spoke French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Latin, but also studied some 40 American-Indian languages. ... Jackson was a general in the War of 1812, and was nicknamed "Old Hickory" because of his toughness. ... It also opened the interior of the continent to American settlement. ... This act stopped shipments of food and other American products to all foreign ports. ... General Andrew Jackson arrived in New Orleans to lead the U.S. forces in the Victorious Battle of New Orleans in 1815. ...

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Jackson, A lawyer and a landowner, became a national war hero after defeating the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812. ... After his brother Hugh dying in the Battle of Stono Ferry in 1779, His younger brother dying of smallpox, and his mother in November 1779 dying of cholera, Jackson was orphaned and raised by his uncles. ... On January 8, 1815, Jackson was given the title of a national hero; he received thanks from the Congress and was given a gold medal. ... One of the bills was the first "pocket veto" in American history. Jackson left a permanent footprint in the American pol...

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The year was 1780, British troops had taken South Carolina, Andy's oldest brother had joined the American regiment fighting in their home town, but died due to heat exhaustion in battle. ... During the War of 1812, General Jackson, with his troop of 2,500 men, was to march to Natchez, at the tip of the Mississippi, to prepare strikes on either Pensacola, Mobile, or New Orleans. ... Shortly after he had received the Old Hickory name came Jackson's greatest victory courtesy of the battle of New Orleans which ended the War of 1812. ... Recruiting two regiments of African Amer...

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