All History,” the British philosopher Thomas Carlyle once wrote, “is history of deeds of great men.” Do you agree? Or do you think that all people (even “great men”) are simply product of world they live in? (As in another old saying: “The times make man.”) Describe how, in his life and his actions, Andrew Jackson reflected hopes and fears of his era. In what ways did Jackson, through his own words and deeds, “make history”? Did General Jackson prepare “Jacksonian America,” or was he just perfect embodiment of it?
