It is clear from the documents that Andrew Jackson acted like a king/tyrant. One reason that Andrew Jackson acted like a king was because he didn't listen to congress and he went against the U.S. Constitution. Document four stated that he sent soldiers to force Native Americans out of their homes at gunpoint and into stockades. After a few months of living in the stockades, the soldiers forced the Native Americans into the Indian territory called Oklahoma.
Andrew Jackson, a president from 1829-1837, was a hero by making the United States a better place. For example, Jackson included the common man as part of the government, which became the Jacksonian Democracy. This allowed citizens to be part of the government, though they had no experience. Because congress passed the tariff crisis, it made European goods more expensive, which led to the South to protest. However, the south said that they could nullify or secede from the union.
It is clear from the documents that andrew Jackson was hero of the common man. Andrew jackson was a very popular person. Andrew Jackson was elected to presidency two times. In document 1 it states that Jackson had an increased amount of votes during the time of his election he was also the first president who had people voting from west of the Appalachian mountains. He had almost more than double the popular votes than Henry Clay.
Andrew jackson was a important cotributor and one of the most influential presidents to ever serve the country. He took on the countries domestic issues and used his executive power far to its extent. Jackson effectivly evicted the native americans which stopped the conflict between the colonists. He vetoed the second bank of america, terminating the recharter bill from ever becoming a law. Also, he avoided south carolina’s seceding from the union.
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. Before his presidency, he was known for being the 1st man elected from Tenessee to the House of Representatives, he served briefly in the Senate and was a major general in the War of 1812. After all the things Andrew Jackson did throughout his presidency and his life. It comes to the question, how democratic was Andrew Jackson? Democratic is the idea that everyone should have equal rights and should be involved in making important decisions.
While reading the book, Andrew Jackson, it shows different sides of him. I believe the author wrote this book for a great reason, which was to explain Andrews Jacksons struggles and courageous movements. I believe during Andrew Jacksons younger years that he had a troubled childhood which explained his outrageous behavior he had at times. I also believe Andrew Jackson was hard headed during his more mature years and people either liked him or they did not like him at all. Although Andrew Jackson had a troubled childhood the author makes it very clear that, he made something out of his life by becoming president, by being the leader of battles, and the Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson's Life Andrew Jackson was a brave and violent man that faced his problems head on. I think he was a indian hating man that did do some good things for the U.S. He grew hate for the british when they took his mother and made him clean a soldier's boots. Andrew refused to do it and the soldier got mad and swung his sword at his head, but caught the blade with his hand. He never really said he didn’t really like indians but, his actions showed it.
With the end of John Quincy Adams’ presidency came the end of the Virginia Dynasty of Presidents (meaning that all the previous presidents were originally from the state of Virginia). When the presidential election of 1830 had come around it seemed that another president would come about, but a man of the common man had come who would expand the United States and its borders beyond what they already were. This man was Mr. Andrew Jackson, the hero of the battle at New Orleans during the War of 1812. When Jackson had assumed the presidency he was faced with a momentous challenge. That being the United States was in current need of more land...
Before Andrew Jackson became the President, he served as major general in the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans, Creek War, and the First Seminole War (“The War of 1812 and Indian Wars”). On June 18, 1812 Congress declared war on Britain which started the War of 1812 (“An Act Declaring War Against UK and Ireland”). Jackson leads an army of 2,071 Tennessee volunteers to New Orleans but is instructed to stop at Natchez, and then Secretary of War, John Armstrong sends a message ordering him to turn over his force to Wilkinson. Jackson obeys and also promises to march them back to Nashville and face numerous hardships on the journey back but pays for all of the provisions and earns himself the respect and praise of the people of Tennessee (“The
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”
“It is to be regretted the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” Andrew Jackson was a self-made man. He came from a poor family and had a difficult childhood. Andrew Jackson joined the militia when he was young. He won the Battle of New Orleans because he had skills.
Andrew Jackson during his time was considered a very patriotic politician he hated the rich, he hated the Indian, and loved the idea of slavery. It has been said that he grew up not educated and had a bad up bring but still managed to get to a high political suture. Jackson at one point was general and had a very decorated portfolio, which made sense he would become president, Andrew was most well know for “The Battle of New Orleans” where Andrew Jackson, prevented the British Army and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans nearing the end of that war.
Andrew Jackson was a tough man. He even went by the name of ‘Old Hickory’. Andrew Jackson was a terrible president, but also a good president. There are many reasons why Andrew Jackson was a bad president. These are only the few reasons that we all already know or they are major events stated in US history.
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.
Born into a non-aristocratic poor family, somewhere in the Carolina’s on March 14, 1767, was a man named Andrew Jackson. Jackson, also called “Old Hickory” was a very bold proactive man in American history. From being a military hero and founding the democratic party to enacting the trail of tears and dismantling the of the Bank of the United States, the man and his legacy are a prominent topic for scholarly debate. Some believe he was a great president and some believe he was the worse president. But if you look at it from a moral perceptive or in the eyes of a foreigner, Jackson’s legacy was far more villainous than heroic.
