Andrew Jackson was an American soldier that also served as the 7th president. Many of his decisions made our nation completely turn. His actions and personality make me think that he shouldn't be on the dollar bill. Andrew Jackson wasn't influential to our economy in any way, and shouldn't be praised by it.
Andrew Jackson is known for one of his most infamous act of forcing the Indians out. He wanted to do this because he wanted their land for gaining more money. Jackson forced the Indians out of their homes to go to the other side of the Mississippi River. He did this because he wanted their land to give to the southern states. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. Also, U.S. president Van Buren ordered the U.S. Army into the Cherokee Nation. The army rounded
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Jackson was very strict and straightforward. His was god because he was serious about his job. Jackson's personality and thoughts made him forced the indians out. This was good because we gained so much from it. his temper caused him to fire all of his cabinet members except one because they would not invite another cabinet member’s wife to parties because they thought that she was a bad person. Because Jackson was so passionate and strong-willed, and stood by the cabinet member’s wife, there were major changes made and this example showed people how Jackson stood by his friends and his beliefs. Jackson temper made people not want to work with him. The people wouldn't cooperate with him. Also, when he forced the indians out, it showed that jackson is heartless and he would do anything to anyone in order to get what he wants. Jackson and his temper can make big decisions according to the cabinet and
In Jackson’s mind, he expected the Indians to thrive as they did in their current home, except there would be no white men. Three chiefs, each one from the Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Ottawa tribes, came forward to the White House and told about their suffering. They said they were promised land as fertile as Illinois, but received land that a snake couldn’t live on. They could not live in the prairie when they were from the woods. Thousands of Indian people suffered because Jackson heard what they said
Although there was legitimate cause for President Jackson to believe that the Second Bank of the United States only served the interests of the wealthy in expense of the common people, I agree that Jackson’s actions hurt the United States economically and socially during this time period. I say this because Jackson’s actions to veto the bill to recharter the Second Bank led directly to Panic of 1837, which resulted in both a social and economic hardship for many citizens as profits, prices, and even wages decreased with a tremendous increase in unemployment rates.
It was based off his opinion and dislike for the Indians. All these traits are traits of a king or dictator. In summary, Jackson acted more like a king because of the indian removal act; the self power he gave himself to move
Awarded the prestigious honor to remain forever engraved on the twenty dollar bill, Andrew Jackson became a figure in American history never forgotten. Future generations of younger students will not need to know Andrew for them to assume he was a great man. Unfortunately, the ignorance of idolizing Jackson because he appears on American currency serves to blanket the realities of his administration. Jackson should be removed from the twenty dollar bill.
Between 1829 to 1837, Andrew Jackson, a unique and controversial man served as president of the United States, and is known as the founder of the Democratic Party. Before his time in office, Jackson was a well known soldier and statesmen, from the area west of the Appalachian mountains. As President, Jackson was the first to gain office by direct appeal to the majority of voters and sought to further the rights of the common man. Jackson is associated with the shift and expansion of democracy, from wealth elites to ordinary people, through the spoils system, decrease in voters qualifications, and destruction of the national bank. However, Jackson was very unfriendly towards minorities, including Indians, slaves, and women.
Personally , I don't think Andrew Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill. He was our president , but he shouldn't be “ honored” the way he is , here is why. Jackson discriminated against blacks , he abused his power as president , he owned a huge plantation and profited off of 150+ slaves. Lastly he sparked a war trying to return slaves back to their owners known as the “ first seminole war “.
During the end of his first term as president, he issued the Indian Removal Act. Jackson had a history with the Native Americans. He was a war hero in the Battle of New Orleans, and also took out the Creek Indians in 1813 and 1814 in Alabama. Jackson did not consider them as citizens, and wanted to relocate the Native Americans so there would be more land for the American citizens to settle in. According to Document 10, the Indians were relocated to territory west of the Mississippi.
I do not believe that President Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill. He was not a man of good; all he cared about was pleasing himself and making other people believe he was doing good; manipulating them. Andrew Jackson was only concerned with keeping the union together. If he could get people to see that he could keep the states one nation then he would gain fame. I find
Do you want someone on the money you carry that did something wrong because I wouldn’t. Andrew Jackson is on the twenty dollar and he did some wrong things in his past that wouldn’t like him to be on it. Andrew Jackson shouldn't be on the twenty dollar bill because he started the Indian removal act., He was only the white man person so he only went with them, and. Then he had slaves.
Andrew Jackson decided to take action on the Native American issue on March 4th,1829. Jackson stated,”It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people”. Here Jackson is making the Indians feel stable, with him as the new President. Over a year later Jackson backpedals on his statement and passes the Indian removal act on May 28th, 1830. The Indian Removal Act gave the president the right to receive grounds west of the Mississippi in return for Indian lands inside existing state fringes.
To begin, Andrew Jackson had a very short temper. This temper of his was a contributor to many things that he did. For example, he dueled a lot. How duels work is you get one chance to shoot the other person. In one of these duels Andrew Jackson’s gun misfired and he recocked the gun and shot again, killing the man he was dueling completely breaking the rules. As a result of breaking the rules he basically murdered the man he was dueling.
The Indian Removal Act, inspired by Andrew Jackson; the 7th president of the US and the enhanced ambition for American settlers to find more land in the southwestern regions of North America. The Indian Removal Act enabled Jackson the power of negotiating removal treaties with Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. Among these tribes were: Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Very few authenticated traits were signed. The Choctaws were the only tribe to agree without any issues. All other attempts resulted in War and blood shed for both white settlers and Indians. The conflict with the U.S. and Indians lasted up until 1837. In 1838 & 1839 Jackson forced the relocation of the remaining Cherokee Indians;
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
Jackson faced with a domestic affair called the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Act established a process where the President could grant land west of the Mississippi River to Indian tribes that agreed to give up their homelands. The U.S. government tried to move the Indians from their ;lands. This failed because the government would be violating both treaties and Supreme Court to facilitate the spread of European Americans westward. In 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson led an expedition against the Creek Indians climaxing in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend, where he defeated the Creeks and destroyed their military power. He forced the Indians upon a treaty to give up over twenty one million acres of their traditional land. Over the next decade, Mr. Jackson led the way in the Indian removal campaign, helping to negotiate nin of the eleven major treaties to remove Indians. Mr. Jackson encouraged the Congress to pass the Removal Act of 1830. By the end of his presidency, he had signed into law almost seventy removal treaties.
The president that was in office during the Indian Removal Act was President Andrew Jackson. Before serving in the White House, Jackson was an army general.“After demanding both political and military action on removing Native American Indians from the southern states of America in 1829, President Andrew Jackson signed this into law on May 28, 1830”, (HistoryNet). Americans thought that the Native Americans were uncivilized. The United States began expanding their land into further into the south. The land was expanded into Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, and North Carolina. The problem was that the land was home to five different Native American