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How Did Andrew Jackson Affect Society

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When you hear the name “Andrew Jackson”, what do you think of? Do you think of how he extended power to the common man? Or how he threw away the national bank to help the less fortunate Americans? Many people are reminded of the great courageous stands he made for our country and the common man, but what they don't know is that all of his grand decisions had a traumatic effect on others. Andrew Jackson only followed out the will of his supporters. This left out many other Americans, leaving them without jobs and a leader they could trust. He also took away human rights by forcing the American Indians off their homes. Jackson was only democratic towards the lower class men of America, he didn't think about all the other men, women, American …show more content…

How is ripping someone from their home the will of the people? Andrew Jackson destroyed the American Indians human rights by tearing them from their home and moving them to an unknown land, expecting them to survive. Jackson did not consider American Indians or slaves as “the people”. Jackson only saw “the people” as his supporters, therefore he became bias towards them. “The people” includes everyone in America. Everyone who will be affected by Jackson's decisions. That includes slaves, American Indians, women, and upperclass men. Andrew Jackson didn't understand that, causing him to believe that it was no problem to take away the Cherokee Indians home. In The memorial of the Cherokee Nation, a Cherokee Indian tells us “The country west of the Arkansas territory is unknown to us… The far greater part of that region is… badly supplied with food and water.” The American Indians were scared. Andrew Jackson was was driving them into a new land with poor resources. He was allowing his own people who listen to him, to be set up to fail. Jackson demolished the American Indians human rights by forcefully moving them off their homes. Andrew Jackson was not hearing the American Indians plead to stay, he did not listen to the will of the people, and he most certainly did not carry it …show more content…

The American National Bank was a large source of income towards the upper class, but many lower class men felt the banking system was taking away money from them. In Andrew Jackson's Bank Veto Message to Congress, he tells them how he believes the banking system is unfair towards the lower class. What he doesn’t include in the letter is how the majority of the lower class are his supporters who he praises with every bit of power he owns. Although the banking system may not of been perfect, it remained to be a large source of income for the upper class and an important part of their daily lives. By sending this letter, Jackson was already beginning to show his bias towards his supporters. Daniel Webster could already see Jackson's biases and despised him for it, he says in Daniel Webster’s Reply to Jackson’s Bank Veto Message, “It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich, it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for purposes of turning against them the prejudices and resentments of other classes.” Webster believes that Jackson is favoring the lower class by choosing their best interest over the upper classes. Andrew Jackson is prejudice towards the upper class and showed it in all his decisions throughout his presidency. Being democratic does not mean listening to some of the people. It means listening to all, and by destroying the National Banking system Jackson showed that

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