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
Andrew Jackson had a very forceful personalities and didn’t stop for nothing to get what he wanted. This created many political opponents throughout his lifetime. One of the most significant political rivals would be Nicholas Biddle, the president of the Second Bank of the United States. Biddle had accomplished a lot while being in charge of the bank, however he watch all of his success crumble down when Andrew Jackson refused to recharter the bank. Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the bank as well as causing an economic depression.
Jackson wrote a letter to Congress stating that the spoil system was good for the people. He believed that people who supported him should be rewarded with high position jobs. (DOC 6) When it came to making decisions or seeking for advice, he only went to people who were loyal to him. Jackson did not think that anyone would betray him or be disloyal. Samuel Swartwout stole millions of dollars from the government.
In Andrew Jackson’s time, there was a great deal of cultural and political phenomena that made his populist agenda relevant to the people of the United States. For example, one of the prominent concerns among Americans during Jackson’s era was the rampant corruption which had become prominent throughout the Monroe administration. Indeed, during the 1824 election the issue of corruption was of prominent concern, and Jackson’s engagement with the issue helped achieve him a plurality of electoral votes. However, Jackson’s electoral victory was dismissed when the House of Representatives came together to elect John Quincy Adams in a contingent election. The dismissal of Jackson’s victory at the whim of the political establishment seemed to prove Jackson’s and the country’s concerns over the corrupt political elite undermining the interests of the people.
Andrew Jackson’s presidency was a turning point of sorts for the United States. For the first time ever there was a president “of the common man”, as he was referred to. Prior to him getting into office, the United States a fledgling nation, had yet to see anyone other than high-ranking, old money aristocrats in office. It can be hard to feel fully represented and provided for when your government is unfamiliar with your problems and needs. These was not an issue that was unfamiliar, in fact the problem of illegitimate representation was what the colonists had sought to escape when under Britain’s rule.
President Jackson was named the president of the “common man,” However, the only way this statement is true, is if the “common man,” was a white man. President Jackson was a bigot, he said he was the president of the common man, but his actions differed greatly. Hence, the saying actions are louder than words, and President Jackson's actions truly were louder than words. In fact, he promoted slavery by removing American Indians off their land, so that he could get cotton land for white Americans. Also, He violated the first amendment by ordering Southern postmasters to stop the delivery of anti-slavery literature in the South.
Andrew Jackson served a remarkable presidency and boasted many social and economic changes. In the wake of those changes Jackson worried about the central government's propensity toward abuse of power and the accumulation of power in the hand of a small political and economic elite (Latner). He was really focused on the balance of power in the government. He was a popular spokesperson among the majority of the united states. (Trail of Tears).
The Panic of 1837 was one of the first major economic crisis in U.S. history. As banks started to grow across the country, the opposition to them also grew, as well as their economic difficulties. It started with President Jackson’s influential idea that the banking system diminished the power of the people and created social class division. As President Jackson strongly enforced his opposition to the banking system, he started retiring all funds that went to banks, as well as refusing its renewal and exchanging paper money for gold and silver. Although there were people who were opposed to the banking system and the value of paper money, interrupting its system led to an economic disaster that caused bankruptcies as well as increased unemployment.
The founders of the United States did their best to create a government that would not allow erroneous decisions to greatly harm the nation. They set a percent of presidents being politically sound and well-known; their beliefs for how the nation should be handled were essential to their campaign. President Andrew Jackson, however, did not follow this system, instead winning primarily by his personality and popularity amongst the common American. While his actions in office often appeared to be for the people, most had a hidden selfish side to them that he easily covered up. With the election of 1828, Jackson radically changed American politics, focusing them more on public appearance and personal character than on intelligence and political views, making personality just as, if not more important than the actual politics of a political term.
Andrew Jackson was a wild, energetic president that had the will and stability to make the United States a stronger, and more unified nation. A good democracy, in general, requires equal rights, an educated and strong leader, peace, stability, checks and balances, voting rights, and power in the hands of the people. Having a good and strong democracy also requires leadership of the people, and for them to stand up for their rights. In Andrew Jackson’s presidency, he is known for always striving for what he wants, even if the people of the United States didn’t agree with him.
Andrew Jackson This is a paper about Andrew Jackson being on the 20 dollar bill. The question I am going to answer is, should Andrew Jackson be on the 20 dollar bill? First of all, let 's talk about the characteristics someone needs to qualify to be put on U.S currency. I think, the person in question need to be honest, brave, a leader, and needs to fight for what they believe in. They can 't give up at the first sight of danger.
Brittany Randall-Neppl APUSH Period 6 Mr. Kloster 12/19/2014 Andrew Jackson: Champion of the Common Man or Tyrant Andrew Jackson was born into a common life but overcame his mediocre beginnings to become a powerful politician; in 1828 he was elected president of the United States. However, he abused this position of power and made several choices that were detrimental to the welfare and rights of the American people. Jackson implemented the spoils system on a national scale and had unofficial members of his cabinet who did not have to answer to Congress. After South Carolinians were upset by the Tariff of 1832 he was angry toward those who did not agree with it. He also destroyed the National Bank and authorized the Specie Circular.
Andrew Jackson’s presidency marked a change for United States Presidents as he was a self made man and a man of the people. Many citizens supported both his inauguration and his presidency, but there were some opposed to his ruling as well. Jackson’s goal as a President was to help the people, but in the end he provided the country with sectionalism, instead of nationalism. His controversial rule promoted division through ‘The Tariff of Abominations’, favoritism, and the collapse of the economy.
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.
This caused the new banks’ failure by issuing the Specie Circular order in 1836. The government land required payment to be in gold. The National Banks of United States collapsed, this caused what we know as the Panic of 1837, that Andrew Jackson’s successor had to deal with. This was much unorganized, banks got removed, etc. The lack of national banks was one of the many speculations that contributed policies that caused the market to crash in the year of 1837.
He showed unifying leadership during the Nullification Crisis and the Tariff laws of 1828 and 1832, he showed a generous approach of governing through the “Kitchen Cabinet” and the “Spoils System”. Lastly, his concern for economic equality was shown through the veto of the Second Bank of the United States Recharter and his concerns for the common men. All of these qualities that Jackson had shown during his presidency are why Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a hero of the common