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The Most Terrifying President in American History

Mr. Beat 1,320,281 2 years ago
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Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHIHs Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat tells the story of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States. A shout-out to Ann McClane, Keith Hardison, and all the folks at the Hermitage in Nashville who helped me make this video. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat (Part 107 Licensed Drone Pilot), L. Beat, R. Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Cheel, Godmode, Silent Partner. Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_GSct_aRQ8EfpMJDXaPJ8fq7G8IE-cPAg5OyIyaiFWw/edit?usp=sharing Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjS9b0laRPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDfRqkZZ5mM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87liyi9MnK4&t Sources/further reading: https://thehermitage.com/learn/andrew-jackson/ American Lion by Jon Meacham Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3NI4yJ5 Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3pHqHzh Andrew Jackson by Robert Remini Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3PT6Sj8 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/andrew-jackson/ https://millercenter.org/president/jackson/life-in-brief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrTuWkuOfTk&t https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/11/us/a-president-s-doctors-are-finally-exonerated.html Chapters: 0:00 The First Person to Try to Assassinate the President 1:58 Sponsor 2:42 Raised on the Frontier 6:44 A Wild Young Man 11:50 Unlikely Politician 14:14 Fighting Wars 28:53 Champion of the Common Man 34:12 A President Like No Other 41:16 The legacy of Old Hickory Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Threads: https://www.threads.net/@iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ My new book: https://amzn.to/44wdsjY Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #andrewjackson #presidents #americanhistory Known for his fiery personality and for being the first president to represent the “common man,” he single handedly changed American politics forever. For better or for worse. Nah, actually I’d say mostly for better. Sometimes we need outsiders in there to shake things up and stick it to the elites, and Jackson indeed was a champion for the underdog. Well, the white underdogs. Hey, it was still progress. And folks forget that Jackson, even though he WAS one of the elites by the time he ran for President, truly was a rags to riches story. He was born in poverty and rose up, the first President to represent the somewhat so-called American Dream. Jackson never forgot his humble upbringing, and his populist message and commanding leadership style helped shape the American democratic ideals that many of us take for granted today. That all said, critics called him a demagogue who ignored the law when it was convenient. Sure, he was terrifying. He was racist….and a little crazy. But I think the United States ultimately ended up on a better path because of him.

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