Andrew Jackson Dbq

Andrew Jackson has gone down as one of the best presidents in United States history and that’s because he did many great things to improve the United States. Throughout his presidency he constantly abused his power as the president and did many things that expanded the powers of the president. One of the biggest things that President Jackson did while in office was pass the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was when Jackson forced all the Indians to move to the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, while the Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional. Many of the Indians went peacefully, but many of the Indians also decided to protest and take it to the Supreme Court (Darrenkamp). While the court did side with the Indians Jackson and Congress forced the Indians to give up their land. The federal troops were called in to escort the Indians to their new land. Fifteen thousand Indians were forced to move and while on their way about a third of the Indians died, and this event became to be known as the Trail of Tears (Darrenkamp). Jackson had

Andrew Jackson’s presidency should not be admired by our current generation because he did whatever he wanted and only that. Many, many times during his presidency Jackson decided to simply not follow the rules. One example is when the Cherokee went to the supreme court about their land being taken. The supreme court ruled that their actions in removing the Cherokee Violated their treaties with the federal government, and that they had a right to their land. To which Jackson responded by saying “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” (Crashcourse). This basically means that even if there was a new rule he had to follow, it didn’t matter because he didn’t care. He was going to do what he wanted, and only what he wanted. No matter who or what tried to stop him. Andrew Jackson treated other people just as badly as the Cherokees.

The President of the United States is one of the most powerful officials. The seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, made the presidency more powerful because he represented the “common man.” Jackson grew up in the rural parts of South Carolina and when he was thirteen years old, he joined the army at during the American Revolution War. Jackson was involved in many wars and became a war hero. He fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. After serving at war, he would serve two terms as president from 1829-1837. Jackson is the father of the Democratic Party. Later on, people would realize that Jackson was a very controversial president. Jackson would be an inefficient and efficient president during his time in office.

President Andrew Jackson served as President of the United States from 1826 to 1837 and is looked at my many as one of the best presidents in American history. Jackson was a man without many limits and did what he wanted because he simply wanted to do it, not because it was necessarily the popular opinion or Constitutional. This caused a lot of problems, but also was very beneficial in making solutions to problems in the country. Although, as a result of this, many people saw him as a dictator-like tyrant and didn’t agree with his pandering towards the uneducated, more working class civilians during his campaign. President Jackson’s presidency was controversial as a result in debate over his political tactics as well as possibly overstepping his Constitutional boundaries when it came to the amount of power he exuded on the people; therefore, many people spoke out against his “uneducated followers” as well as his aggressive style while some evidence shows that these efforts were supported.

The second incident where Jackson stood by his solicitude for state rights was in the removal of the Indian tribes. Jackson has been associated mainly with his decision to support Georgia in its efforts to remove the Cherokee from their land, despite a Supreme Court ruling against the state. However his enthusiastic support for Indian removal was "undoubtedly one of the reasons he swept the southern states in the 1828 election" . Jackson had Native Indian policy on his mind from the beginning as he saw that Indians were subject to American sovereignty and that national security demanded they be removed. Removal to the West would increase the security of the US from outside attacks. Upon

It is clear from the documents that Andrew Jackson acted like a king. One reason that Andrew Jackson acted like a king was because he owned a lot of slaves. Document 7 shows that he owned a lot of slaves. In between the years 1794 and 1830 he owned slaves. But his numbers were the biggest in between 1829 and 1837. But he was the President in 1829. That shows he got more slaves when he was president. That means when he should have been doing stuff for our country he was getting more slaves to do work for him. Mr. Moore taught us Andrew Jackson owned over 300 slaves. That shows he acted like a king because he had people to work for him. He did not need slaves, he should have been focused on what was going on in our country and try to help it.

Andrew Jackson is an american president that has been surrounded by controversy since the late 1820s. And though he may have meant well with his actions as president, those actions had consequences that affected many and benefited few.

Whether or not Andrew Jackson was a Democratic President or not has been the topic of argument for many years. During the years 1820-1840, most people did not have the right to vote. The power was in the hands of the wealthy, not the common man. White male landowners were powerful because of their political rights and participation in government. Andrew Jackson lost the presidential election of 1824. He grew up a poor common man and was a hero in war. Andrew Jackson was a Democratic president because he put the power in the hands of the common man, however he selfishly used government power and abused minorities in the past.

Andrew Jackson, the United States 7th president, was so popular that he was still getting votes for the presidential election 15 years after he died! Andrew Jackson grew up as a poor child losing his father before he was born. At 13 year old he lost his mother. Jackson was known as a rambunctious teenager, getting into fights and pulling pranks. At age 17, Jackson grew up a bit starting his study of the law. Much later at age 21, Jackson was named Tennessee’s first representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and a year later was elected to the U.S. Senate. Andrew Jackson early political career was not the reason for his popularity. After the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson became a war hero.

In the year 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected as president. This was seen as a victory for the common man because Jackson was originally born into poverty and did not go to college. This victory was called the Jacksonian Revolution. He opposed special privileges and wanted the people of the country to be in power. Except many of Andrew Jackson’s policies contradicted with Thomas Jefferson’s policies. These are the differences.

Admittedly, some people have the view that Andrew Jackson was a hero and amazing president. He was a loyal, chivalrous war hero and a man of action. He won the battle of New Orleans against the British. Also, he defended Peggy Eaton when the whole white house was against her. However, being the man of action he was, there were a lot of problems. He wasn’t really a “war hero” if the war was already over so he ended a lot of lives that didn’t need to be ended. In addition, by defending Peggy, he fired his whole cabinet. Therefore Andrew Jackson is the opposite of a

The most president make a decision that has positive and negative. President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) was no exception. To many Americans, he was the “hero of the common man” To another he has no better than king George III. During, the time that President Jackson served as president he did many things that affected the people in the United States in a negative way.

Andrew Jackson was a great man in American history who was once honored above any other man alive. His childhood prepared him for the military and political life. Andrew Jackson was a great historical figure. Through Jackson's political life, war involvement, and presidency he became a very famous and respected man.

Most of the negative opinions on Jackson stems from the harsh relocation process of the Native Americans, also known as the Trail of Tears. Jackson was a leader of the Democratic party which meant that he supported the institution of slavery and favored states’ rights over federal power. Another reason why Jackson is often pessimistically looked upon is that he involved himself within a lot of conflict. For example, he promoted the idea of going to war with France for the sake of defending American dignity. Regardless of the skepticism he faced, Jackson had the support from many of his citizens. Even when he was no longer in office people still relied on him for advice and guidance(Thehermitage). Jackson was a president with extremely high self confidence. In regards to his demeanor, Jackson has stated “I was born for a storm, and a calm does not suit me”. This quote clearly portrays Jackson’s confidence and self assurance. Jackson not only displayed a positive and determined attitude, he carried out many effective and beneficial tactics for our country. Despite of the short-lived success, Andrew Jackson was the one and only single president who was able to bring the entire nation out of debt. Jackson used strategies such as killing off the national bank and vetoing a majority of spending bills on things such as national highways. Another contribution of Jackson’s which has many

There are many great presidents that America had. Each president had a different background. Each president also had a variety of achievements that were most remembered for. The president that discussed in this report is Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was a general before running for president and that is how he got his name.