Andrew Jackson Compare And Contrast

Andrew Jackson has been remembered as a ground breaking president, even being put on the $20. President Jackson was a controversial figure, doing many popular and unpopular things in his time. Although he is remembered as a hero from the war of 1812, he also caused the Trail of Tears and tried to destroy the National Bank. As a result, Jackson should not be put on the $20 bill. His actions have caused many misfortune showing that villains do exist.

Throughout the early 1800’s, the United States was going through some changes. For one, people were becoming more involved with electoral elections. By the year 1828, only two states out of the twelve were the legislatures voting for the president. This meant that people were voting for electors and that there was an increase in democracy. (DOC 1) With Andrew Jackson’s win over John Quincy Adams, he became the sixth president of the United States in 1829.

In the 1828 presidential election for the United States, Andrew Jackson won in dominating fashion over previous President John Quincy Adams. Jackson, gaining many of his votes from the common white people in the South, went on to have a very controversial two terms of presidency, where he passed multiple impactful laws that made him despised by many people. However, among these laws that some politicians hated, Jackson was trying to improve the economy of the United States. Despite others disagreeing with his methods, when looking at his policies through solely a economic lense, it is clear that he aided our country. Andrew Jackson helped the American economy grow due to his policies regarding land distribution to American citizens, policies

Andrew Jackson’s presidency is one of the more debated presidencies in American history. Many see him as a hero while others view him as opposite. Depending on which history book is read, portrayals of him are sometimes of “the common man,” who attacked a political system that ignored the will of the common citizens. Other texts would portray Jackson as tyrant, one who disrespected many of the institutions outlined in the Constitution. He is usually celebrated by some because he defended the rights of the common people.

Andrew Jackson was seen as a common man the voice of the people by some. By others he was King Andrew, trampling the constitution and instigating tyranny. Jackson’s presidency impacted democracy, through his use of the veto power, and his claim of Clay creating a “corrupt bargain”, which is not a turning point for a rise in democracy despite him giving white male suffrage. During Jackson’s use of executive power weakened voice of the people.

Andrew Jackson was the 7 president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He was elected by popular vote and he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. He received sporadic education and read law for two years. He engaged in brawls and killed a man in a duel. He was a major general in the war of 1812 and he was born in 1767 in the Carolinas.

Andrew Jackson and John Ross are two important historical figures when it comes to American democracy. When the United States was in a major constitutional crisis, these two men led the way back to greatness. They had quite a few things in common but they were two completely different people. Andrew Jackson is a person that we all know, or at least we think we know him (p. 1).

In the journal article “ Andrew Jackson versus the Historians”, author Charles G. Sellers explained the various interpretations of Jackson, from the viewpoint of Whig historians and Progressive Historians. These interpretations were based on the policies of Jackson. The Whig historians viewed the former president in a negative way. They considered him arrogant, ignorant, and not fit for being president. Sellers pointed out that it was not just because of “Jackson’s personality…nor was it the general policies he pursued as president”

My report is on Andrew Jackson. I will be talking about his life, childhood, education, salvation, marriage and family, and his accomplishments. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15 ,1767, in North Carolina, Waxhaws. Jackson grew up on the American frontier as the son of very poor farmers. He was a wild boy who like all kids got in trouble.

If I was a voter in the election between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, I will choose to voter for Andrew Jackson. He was a man that he learned from his life and his experience. He was living with poor people and he know how they think and live but he also experienced the life of rich people. he knows how make decision based on what he see and what he knows. I choose to vote for him because I feel that he is closer to most American people and not just the minority.

UNIT 6 DBQ Andrew Jackson once said “Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.” Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837 and brought many changes to the government. He had a political movement during the Second Party System, along with his supporters, called Jacksonian democracy. It was founded in 1828, a year before his presidency.

The presidents before Jackson all came from the same thing, wealthy, educated and from the east. Unlike the previous presidents, Jackson was self-made and knew how hard it was to make a living. Jackson did not worry about how he got somewhere, he would do anything to reach his goal. The common man's idea is that anyone can do anything. Jackson wanted to let everyone have a chance for success.

Thesis: Andrew Jackson’s followers believed to enforce than follow the constitution. Document A was written by George Henry Evans on “The Working Man’s Declaration Of Independence’. I agree and disagree with what he says on a few things. I agree on him saying that the lower and middle class tends to get oppression than the upper class. I disagree of his way of stopping oppression in society is to stand up against the government.

Indians. Poor. Hungry. These are the three words from Andrew Jackson that he wrote to them in 1835 with a “nice” point of view. In the letter he wrote to the Seminoles, he also stated that they would be treated comfortably and treated very nice while traveling West.

The era of Andrew Jackson which was nicknames the era of the “common man” certainly lived up to its name. As the seventh President of the United States, Jackson had a major effect on the life of the common man, in such a way that the life of the common man would never be the same again. Jackson’s aim, after the manner in which he was defeated in the Presidential Election of 1824, despite receiving more popular votes than John Quincy Adams who took on the office, was to reduce the power and the authority of the elite. When he came into power after the 1828 election Jackson began to carry out his proposals. Jackson expanded the voting right to all men, in accordance with the Declaration of Independence of 1776 which declared that “all men are created equal” instead of just the elite.