Andrew Jackson President

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Is Andrew Jackson really worth being a president? Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 and died on June 8, 1845. Jackson is a hero of war and has done other good thing as a president in the 1820`s. On the other hand, he also has many bad sides. If I were to be living in the 1820’s I would not have voted for Andrew Jackson because he has some bad sides on him that I would not want happen during his presidency time. First of all, Andrew Jackson has killed people in many duels that he has been in. It is said that he has been in a total of 103 duels defending the integrity of his wife (teachingamericanhistory.org). Also it is said that he carried 37 pistols with him ready to use in the duels he has been in. Putting this in another way, it is saying that he has killed many people in his early life. If he were to still due this in his presidency life he would be such a bad president to the country. Being in duels and killing people is something people don’t want as their president to be. This is why I would not have voted for Andrew Jackson in the 1820`s. Second of all, Jackson was …show more content…

The “Trail of Tears” is where the Cherokee nation was forced to move to the east. The “Trail of Tears” was part of Jackson 's Indian Removal Act of 1830. In the textbook “The American Pageant”, page 267 in the book it states that “Jackson’s policy led to the forced uprooting of more than 100,000 Indians. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, providing for the transplanting of all Indian tribe then resident east of the Mississippi.” In other words this is saying that, because of Jackson’s selfishness of wanting to expand land more than 100,000 Indians lost their lands. In this tragical trail called the “Trail of Tears” about 4,000 of them died on the trail due to hunger, and disease. If this were to happen again to another group of people some problems like protesting or decrease of population can

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