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Andrew Jackson Compare And Contrast

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America, a nation with an Electoral College that so far appointed forty-five men, each one of them possessing a unique background, to the most respectable and highest occupation. Said College consists of representatives from all fifty states who voted these men into the most prestigious position in the country: President of the United States. Throughout the centuries in the United States a variety of men from different political parties and upbringings lead the country in its darkest days and glorious times. Andrew Jackson the first Democratic President of the United States did not act in the same manner or share many similar qualities as the latest President of the same political party, Barack Obama. Which makes sense, due to the enormous gap between the duration of their Presidency and the time each man happened to live through. The lives before the switch of citizen to President and legislation signed as President of the two previously mentioned men above are minimally alike and more so differ. To start with, on March 15, 1767 Andrew Jackson came forth from the …show more content…

One lived an adventurous, racist life where the other broke educational boundaries and achieved unimaginable things for a black man. Despite the clear different events and influences of their respective times the two men are more different than alike. Andrew received little education, fought rigorously in battle, and created the Trail of Tears. Whereas Obama earned a high school diploma, B.A. in Political Science, and passed the bar exam, reached new heights for black men in politics, and pushed DACA in to help those who could not help themselves. So, it exemplifies that the Democrats of yesterday are not the Democrats of today. The difference between President proves how America changed. America moved towards a more progress ideology not only for white men, but for

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