Andrew Jackson Relationship Between Clay And Calhoun

When most people look for a friend would normally look to someone they met at school, or someone they work with, never a younger sibling, yet I have turned to my younger brother, Jackson, to be my best friend. Jackson and I are very similar and have always had a close relationship. I often catch myself wondering, what would I do without him? I know that I would not have my partner in crime, fishing, and wrestling.

The Purpose of this essay is to discuss the Andrew Jackson Administration. I will first talk about Jackson’s war on against the U.S. Bank. Second, I will talk about the Presidential election of 1824, 1828, and 1832. Third, I will talk about the Indian Removal Act as well as the Trail of Tears. Fourth, the ways in which Jackson expanded the power of the president. Fifth and final, the Nullification Crisis of 1832.

President Jackson further strengthened the executive branch by utilizing the spoils system, a system in which a president rewards political supporters with public office. Instead of selecting individuals who were truly qualified for the job, Jackson elected his loyal, democratic followers, claiming the reason for the new appointments was to end entrenchment and transfer the power to the people. In reality, by selecting supporters, Jackson would have the ability to easily control the government. His appointment of Roger B. Taney to be Secretary of Treasury was done with the sole purpose to kill the second Bank of the United States. The bank favored the elite, and by killing it, Jackson hoped he would win over the country’s common man. Jackson ordered Taney to methodically remove all of the money from the Bank and move it into small “pet banks”. Jackson had an inherent distrust of the bank and its credit after a land deal went sour and he was left with a valueless bank note. In 1832, Jackson vetoed the extension of the Bank and instituted the tariff of abomination, a protective tariff that favored manufacturing in the

Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson both helped the development of America. Although, they helped they both did it in different ways. They may have had similar ideas but they did not like some ideas that one or he other had. Henry Clay being The Secretary of State

In 1828, otherwise known as “The Age of Jackson”, America was a country on its way to the West. America’s revolutionary generation was quickly fading, making room for a new balance of political power. As the class systems were breaking down, the “common man” was better able to cast his vote for the new President. Jackson was glorified by his impressive war accomplishments and humble background of the frontier. This made him the main target for presidency in election 1824. Once coming to power, Jackson no longer portrayed humble beginnings, but became a conundrum to the people he was leading by removing indians from their homeland and forcing them West. His use of power can be debated based on the state of the country thereafter. Although Andrew Jackson was dubbed “The People 's President”, his time in office reflected a very different outcome.

In December of 1830 President Jackson would submitted the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek to congress, it would be the first to win Senate approval. President Jackson wanted everything to go smoothly so that the American people would see that he was humane and that this Treaty would benefit both the Indians and the American nation at large. With Jackson located too far away to oversee the actual removal of the Choctaw Nation, they would endure mismanagement, theft, corruption, and inefficiency on a level that would lead to their destruction. Jackson would be deeply offended and the removal of the Choctaw Nation would become one of the worse horror stories of modem era.

A cartoon created by the Whigs during the election of 1832 portrayed in Document E illustrates how Jackson has taken on so much power and becomes a tyrannical ruler. He stands with the veto power in one hand and a scepter, symbol of authority in the other. In addition, Jackson is also stepping on the U.S. Constitution under one foot and two important creations of Congress, Internal Improvements and The Bank of the United States. Taking all the details together, we can tell that Jackson is thwarting Constitutional democracy. Document F, Jackson’s Veto Message to Congress explains how the rechartering of the National Bank could hurt the nation. Of the twentyfive directors of the bank, five are chosen by government and twenty by the citizen stockholders. Thus,the rich might “bend the acts of government for their selfish purposes.” The evidence shows that Jackson wanted to benefit the rich class instead of the nation as a whole. Jackson’s veto was undemocratic because he did not let the citizens have a say in the workings of government. By vetoing the recharter bill, it would create conflict which would weaken the

The He thought that it was giving too much power to one person and did not like that idea. So, Jackson took out all of the US government deposits from the national bank of the United States and deposited it into the state banks. That made the National bank shut down because there was no money running the bank because Jackson, the largest customer of the national bank withdrew all the money out. That action step that Jackson took basically caused a financial crisis because there was no money left in the national bank and caused a depression for the US.

Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a president known for creating crises because he was the reason for the Trail of Tears and killing the B.U.S. In 1820 thousands of Native Americans were peacefully living east of the Mississippi River. That was until white settlers wanted to expand by taking over Native American land. The Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court was a discussion of the Cherokee’s land. Andrew Jackson and the Supreme Court differed on the Cherokee’s claims of their lands. According to Document B; “John Marshall has made his decision… now let him enforce it”, John Marshall was supporting the Cherokees to keep their lands. This quote refers to Jackson ignoring John Marshall’s ruling and sending troops anyways. In 1830, Congress

Should we assume that a president was a tyrant or a champion of the common man based solely on how they acted or should we step into their shoes first? Andrew Jackson’s presidency made him one of the most controversial presidents that has ever existed in the history of the

Ernesto Hernández Rodríguez Deacon Orr Economics October 9, 2012 President Andrew Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill—July 10, 1832 President Andrew Jackson veto against the bank bill is truly a communication to Congress but it is also like a political manifesto. He states that the privileges possessed by the bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people.

There were many controversies throughout Jackson’s presidency. Some he had to use drastic measures to fix them. His main three were moving of the immigrants, closing the national bank, and the nullification of South Carolina.

Perhaps the three most influential men in the pre-Civil War era were Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster. These men all died nearly a decade before the civil war began, but they didn't know how much they would effect it. States' rights was a very controversial issue, and one which had strong opposition and radical proposals coming from both sides. John C. Calhoun was in favor of giving states the power to nullify laws that they saw unconstitutional, and he presented this theory in his "Doctrine of Nullification". Daniel Webster strongly disagreed with this proposal and showed this by giving powerful support to President Jackson in resisting the attempt by South Carolina to nullify the ‘tariff of abominations', as they called

He proposed to use his military to enforce the nullification so make sure that the acts of congress were obeyed. South Carolina was kind of out there on their own with the tariffs. Henry Clay was elected to the senate and created a compromise to lower tariffs. This worked and Jackson signed both of the compromise and a force bill in 1883 claiming a victory for Calhoun.

Andrew Jackson America’s history is rich and full of countless heroes, scandals, and incredible stories. Perhaps one of the most interesting of those stories is that of Andrew Jackson’s. To some, he was a hero, but to others, he was their worst enemy. Being raised in the mountains of the Carolinas,