How Did Andrew Jackson Persuasion Corrupt

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The man many Americans adored and followed has been taking his presidency too lightly. Andrew Jackson was a vision of a common man, a stubborn one. He never listens to anyone in his cabinets or any of his secretaries, and instead seeks the advice from local friends. Jackson brought nothing but death,stress, and corruption to America. The Indian Removal Act caused death and proved Andrew’s ignorance, as the Spoil System brought corruption and the Panic of 1837 caused depression throughout common people(study.com). With all the horrible things this man did, we still have to see his face everytime we see a twenty dollar bill? Ronald Ippolito, says that the Indian Removal Act was an act against the Supreme Court and lead Native Americans to devastation. …show more content…

Since A.J. started replacing public officials with his friends and family, “thanks to his new spoil system, getting a job quickly became a lot more about who a person knew then what a person knew,”(study.com). With this kind of moral, completely uneducated people could be dealing with the law. I’ve learned from personal experience that family and friends do not mix with business. This can be proven with, the cbp.com tells that Samuel Swartwout. An old friend of Jackson’s, was supposed to collect taxes, but he kept most of the peoples’ money. According to this site, he was an American soldier, merchant, speculator, and politician, and the Collector of the Port of New York and stole $1,22,705.09 from Americans. Not only did the president take old friends so they will listen to him as said by Ronald, when the official Cabinet became useless to him he turned to his trusted friends also known as the Kitchen Cabinet (blairhouse.com). They would continue to play an important role until 1831 when word spread of the Kitchen Cabinet. Andrew Jackson’s so called “trusted advisors” are really just old friends looking to hang out and smoke some pipes …show more content…

Linda Alchin says that the Panic of 1837 was a “crisis in financial and economical conditions in the nation following changes in the banking system.” Andrew Jackson thought that the bank had too much power and economical and political influence on the people(The Andrew Jackson Top 10 List). Of course the bank would have some influence and power, it’s a bank...Destroying the national bank was a bad move on Jackson, making profits,prices, and wages go down as unemployment goes up so says Linda Alchin. The writer of u-s-history.com says that ,”banks throughout the country failed;mortgages were foreclosed, forcing people out of their homes and off their farms.” This act caused everyone to suffer from high class to low

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