Andrew Jackson Accomplishments

Andrew Jackson did not follow the same path to presidency as a his predecessors, all of whom were born into rich and powerful families. Jackson was born to immigrants and grew up very poor, never attending college. His childhood contributed to him wanting to help out those who were poor as well. Despite his poverty and lack of college education, Jackson was able to make a name for himself in Tennessee, a frontier state at the time. He helped create the Tennessee state constitution, and worked his way through the ranks politically, becoming a House Representative in 1796 and Senator in 1797. From 1798 to 1804, he was a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Shortly afterwards, he became a War Hero in the War of 1812, which started his journey

In 1824 he ran for president, and although he won the popular vote, he lost the electoral vote, thus losing the election. However, in 1828 he ran again, and won in a landslide in both the electoral and popular votes. During his presidency, he expanded the electorate, creating suffrage for all white men, regardless of wealth or property. This was the first step in giving all Americans the opportunity to vote. Expanding suffrage for white men not only began expansion of suffrage, but also sparked the interest of more people within politics, and created the idea of parties and party loyalty. His own political beliefs began the democratic party, one of the two main parties of today. Clearly, Jackson’s presidency has had a lasting impact on the US government . But how would he have resolved the issues of today if he

If Jackson were a politician today, he would support this because he believed in strong presidential power. He created the Spoils System, which meant that once a President won an election, the President could appoint advisors, as long as they were approved by the senate. This helped maximize presidential power. He also believed in a loose following of the constitution, which would maximize the power of the Government even more since the President would be free to do more things without facing much pushback as with a strictly followed constitution. Jackson wanted the president to have a considerate amount of power, meaning that he would support Trump’s executive order simply because it was an Executive order- if the President put it in place, the people should follow it. He also was completely against nullification of the states, he did not want the states to be able to refuse a federal order, and even fired his vice president for supporting nullification. Furthermore, Jackson would support this order based on what the order enforces. Andrew Jackson was extremely racist. In fact, he enforced the Indian Removal act of 1830, which made it so that all Indians deemed uncivilized would be moved west of the Mississippi river. When the Cherokee sued Georgia for trying to move them out, Jackson did not enforce it,