Andrew Jackson Research Paper

This quote by Jackson underlies the fact the he was a selfish, tyrannical ruler. He did not make decisions based on the interests of the whole nation but on his own personal benefit, in search of self- achievement. Although he was portrayed or possibly manipulated the citizens to believe that he was a president for the common man, that was simply not the way he acted. As president, he purposely ignored the power of the Judicial branch to judge laws, and strengthened the power of the Executive branch above the limits in the Constitution. He was also said to be rude and uneducated, which

The Battle of New Orleans was not one single fight but many starting on December 24th, 1814 lasting until the main fight. The main fight of the Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8th, 1815 when British men aggressively

As for the election, Andrew Jackson had the most popular votes with 153,544. John Quincy Adams came in second with 108,740. Coming in third and fourth respectively were William Crawford and Henry Clay. Crawford had 46,618 votes and Clay had 47,136.

Andrew Jackson strongly opposed the Second National Bank of the United States. The Panic of 1819 was a key motivator for the destruction of the Second National Bank for Andrew Jackson and many Americans (Shepard Software “Andrew Jackson”); it left many Americans unemployed and hundreds of businesses bankrupt especially farming businesses. A lot of the blame of the Panic of 1819 was put onto the Second Bank of the United States (Remini, American Empire, 164), and Jackson strongly believed it was the bank’s fault. As a supporter of farmers, and the common man, Andrew Jackson targeted the Second Bank of the United States (Remini, American Democracy 161). Though there are many reasons for Andrew Jackson’s opposition, was there

In that year, 1832 in the address to Congress, Jackson as that a review of the safety of the funds in the Second Bank be reviewed [F]. They performed a promted investigation and returned that funds were perfectly safe [F]. Once they did this Jackson still moved the funds from the Second Bank by executive order to smaller private banks [F]. When this was done the Whig party reacted stronger than ever before, trying for force Jackson to agree to a recharter. The economy could have fallen into chaos very quickly if the movement of funds had not been skillfully moved by Taney to insure that a financial crisis did not

Adams presidential term started March 4,1825 and ended March 4,1829. Although many believed John Quincy Adams has failed as a president and was better at politics, he did play a huge role in the Election of 1824. During the election Clay had offered Jackson a deal saying that he would support him so long as Jackson appoints him to secretary of state when he wins. However, when Jackson turns down Clay's deal Clay turns to Adams and makes the same offer, only difference is that Adams accepts Clay's bargain. No Presidential candidate got a majority of electoral votes. When the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams although Jackson had received more popular votes Jackson knew something wasn't right. Soon after Adams appointed Clay as his Secretary of state Jackson realized what happened and claimed “Corrupt Bargain.” John Quincy Adams as president was horrible, he was stubborn , unresponsive , and very independent like his father. Adams failed to create political relations that were needed to help get a significant amount of change, he even failed to create relations with his OWN political party. In the election of 1828 Jackson beat Adams by a fairly large margin. Infuriated by his loss in the election Adams immediately left Washington without appearing at Jackson's

Speaker of the House Henry Clay supported Adams in this election and Jackson accused them of a "corrupt bargain" but Adams still won the election. When Jackson finally became president, power shifted from east to west, people who were for Jacksons presidency became the Democrats and people who were against it were the Whig party. Many believed that Jackson abused his power because he did not ask congress to veto anything he just did it

After shutting down the Bank of the United States in 1836, President Andrew Jackson did not receive what he had hoped for in exchange. The Bank War surely had a profound effect on the future of the United States including everything that led up to the panic of 1837. Bray Hammond in his essay The Jacksonians: Expectant Capitalists states how Jackson's advisors blinded him to facts and the actual usefulness of the bank. They allowed Jackson to destroy the bank instead of correcting its flaws, a decision that would later create an economic boom in the United States. Many believe that Jackson allowed himself to also be blinded by his ego and agrarian beliefs which resulted in profound consequences in the end.

That and his desire to crush the Second Bank of the United States, created a negative impression for me. He simply felt that it needed to be destroyed. Jackson's reason for this conclusion was a combination of his past financial problems, his views on states' rights, and his Tennessee roots (SparkNotes Editors). Jackson handled the political battle with the bank much like his Presidency: strong-armed and unafraid. When Jackson decided on something, he would relentlessly wear down his opponents. He simply stared down the Bank supporters and the nullifiers and slowly won the

According to the textbook, “For years, he had attacked the Bank of the United States as being an organization of wealthy Easterners over which ordinary citizens had no control.” (Appleby, 2000). Jackson is a self-made man, or a man who built himself up and was not born into riches. Therefore, he destroyed the bank because he felt it was a group of rich people who don’t care about the ordinary citizen. Jackson only cares about himself and his own “people”, the poor.

After John Q. Adams won the presidency due to a corrupt bargain in 1824, Jackson was enraged. As a result he "began a four-year campaign for election to the presidency in 1828," (Wilson). The combination of the high levels of Jackson's ambition and the fact that he wanted to be president after an unfair defeat resulted in him devoting four years simply to run the campaign. He eventually won the election because he "had the initiative," (Wilson). In addition, after serving two monumental terms in office, Jackson changed how people viewed the presidency. No president before had "[Helped] revolutionize and strengthen the presidency," ("Jackson"). Jackson's newfound ambition was unlike any of his predecessors. Using strong policies, Jackson was able to accomplish many of his ambitions, and was even able to change the people's conception of the presidency

Though his education wasn’t much he got by just enough to be a lawyer on the frontier. He had started his career on his own and soon began to grow in frontier law. In 1788, he was named to work as Solicitor of the Western District. Jackson was elected as a delegate to the Tennessee constitutional convention in 1796. When Tennessee was named a state, Jackson was elected to be its representative. The following year, he was elected to be the United States Senator as a Democratic-Republican, but resigned in less then a year. In 1798, he was judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court serving until 1803.

Following years saw the future president take part in many wars, starting with the War of 1812. In this confrontation again with Britain, Jackson’s tough tactics and courage led his men to refer to him by the nickname “Old Hickory.” He rose to great prominence in the States by his heroic leadership during the Battle of New Orleans, in which he and his soldiers sustained only one-twentieth of the casualties inflicted on the British, despite Jackson beginning the battle with only three-fourths the men. Artistic renderings of the victory spread across the country at a rapid pace, placing Jackson at the head of the battle against terrible odds.

Andrew Jackson of Tennessee and William Crawford former sectary of war and treasury of state. Candidates fought and campaigned for the presidential seat that although Jackson won the popular vote also no candidate won a majority in the Electoral College. Like the 1828 presidential elections, the final two candidates where Jackson and Adams; the vote was to be decided by the house of representatives. Henry Clay who was the presiding chief speaker at that time made a corrupt bargain with John Quincy Adams, which made John Q Adams win the election, however, he made Henry Clay the secretary of states. Adams victory caused dispute between Adams supporters and Jackson’s supporters, which gave John Quincy Adams a terrible presidency due to `the hostility he experienced from the Jacksonians in

In his early years, Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 near Lancaster, NC. Shortly after birth, his father passed. Andrew’s mother wanted him to grow up to be a Presbyterian minister, but Jackson threw those hopes away by getting into fights and cursing. His mother went to help treat the injured in the war, she got Cholera and died. Jackson was an orphan by fourteen with hatred of the British.