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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

While the U.S. Constitution is not divinely inspired like the Bible, David Burton argues, utilizing the words of Benjamin Franklin, that the Constitution would not have been written had God’s finger not guided and overseen the work of those present. Furthermore, as Dr. Benjamin Rush would later write and describe his time during the convention, the Constitution can stand along side any miracle found in the Old and New Testament due to it being created through divine providence.

After having the votes from the people and the Electoral College he wins against John Quincy Adams. Jackson emerged new political parties, the Whigs and the Democrats (Binkiewicz). During his presidency, Jackson had the second national bank, did not like the high tariffs but kept them, and the Indian Removal Act 1830 was passed by Congress. During this time Jackson vetoed twelve bills. One of these was the first "pocket veto" in American history. His messages were a direct link to the voters, because of the powerful language. In other ways, too, Jackson expanded the scope of presidential authority. He dominated his cabinet, forcing out members who would not execute his commands. Jackson was a matured politician and had great political philosophy. He cherished having the national debt because it meant having more credit for the country. Which is why he kept the tariff high, although he didn’t like it because it meant the debt was still there and his credit would be getting better. The tariff was greatly opposed by the southerners. South Carolina’s nullification bothered Jackson because he felt that he was not doing his job. South Carolina withdraws the nullification of the old tariff because they state that it does not apply to them therefore, they will not obey it. Jackson states that not matter what they say they have to obey it because it is federal law and they will be punished if they do not obey

However, when introduced the Maysville Road Bill, he was quick to shoot it down. Behind the Bill was Henry Clay, a politician from Kentucky. In previous years, Clay had earned credit from Jackson’s faults and publicly said that Jackson’s part in the Trail of Tears “stained the national honor.” The Maysville Road Bill was a plan to build a twenty mile stretch of highway within Clay’s home state of Kentucky. Jackson vetoed it after it had been passed by congress, declaring that the bill violated the economic affairs of the government and would put America is greater financial crisis. In reality, it was a personal attack against Henry Clay (Van Deusen 52-54).

Jackson was similar to Jefferson because he opposed increasing federal spending and the national bank. He vetoed 12 bills, which was more than the total of all 6 presidents before him. One of the things he vetoed was the use of federal money to make the Maysville Road, because it was entirely in one state. It

Even though Jackson was very successful during his presidency, there were some events in history that really showed his “weaknesses”. Jackson was classified as a lunatic. He was feared by many, especially his opponents. Due to his temper and poor decisions, Jackson did not mind to go to war for what he believed in or did not care to remove anyone against him. He was a real savage, and I feel the country at this time of period needed this type of mentality in the presidency. A negative event that took place during his term was the Trail of Tears, which was the forced removal of Native Americans from their homeland, resulting in the death of thousands of people. He also promoted slavery and he himself owned many and showed cruelty towards them. Andrew Jackson was stubborn and only cared about himself, but I do believe he

Moreover, Andrew Jackson greatly facilitated the transfer of power from “the few” to “the many” in the US. In Jackson’s Bank Veto Message to Congress in July of 1832, he stated that the rich were monopolizing the country’s domestic exchange by “bending the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” (Document 4). Jackson argued that with so much money and power, the corrupt rich were influencing the government to allow them domination over the many people who could not match their authority. The few, selfish rich citizens felt no duty or responsibility to their country so they committed great evils to promote their own status. For this reason, Jackson wanted the Bank of the United States vetoed so that this corruption could be ended at once and the rich would not be able to use the Bank for their egotistic intents. The BUS had been standing since Alexander Hamilton proposed it in the early 1800s, so it was outlandish for Jackson to propose its veto, but he was truly doing it for the people. The following day after Jackson’s message, Daniel Webster issued a reply to it. In his reply, Webster claimed that Jackson was controlling the poor and arousing them against the rich (Document 5). While this does seem like an immoral action for one to

The Jacksonians created a tariff that made the goods manufactured in Europe cost more than the ones from the Northern states to the outrage of the South Carolinians and other Southern states, who bought goods mostly from Europe at the time. This started the Nullification crisis, since South Carolina threatened to succeed from the union (Document F). The case of Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge is another example of this. The Massachusetts government allowed a charter of the Warren Bridge, after the Charles River Bridge had already made a bridge over the river and had tolls in place for those traveling over it. This undermined the deal with the Charles River Bridge, but still a Democratic Republican, Chief Justice Taney, ruled in favor of the Warren Bridge (Document H). While it opened up the market to competitors, it also prevented the Charles Bridge from making the revenue it would have previously, thus limiting their economic success. Also, more notably, “King” Andrew stopped out the charter of the 2nd national bank, which would have offered internal improvements and potentially more economic opportunities (Document I). The Whigs, in protest to this, started an outcry in result to Jackson’s veto, depicted Andrew Jackson as a corrupt tyrant and king. In fact, the entire Whig Party sprouted from this remonstration; the protest of King Andrew Jackson using his power to unbalance the economy and take democracy out of the hands of the

In 1830 Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road Bill, which authorised the use of federal funds to construct a road between two towns in Kentucky. He didn't want federal funds to finance internal improvements, as he wanted expenditure to be decreased to fulfil his promise to reduce the national debt. His official reason to Congress was that the Bill was unconstitutional because it concerned only the state of Kentucky. However as Jones points out his reasons were political, particularly wanting to strike a blow at his opponent, Henry Clay's own state. Jackson had no qualms about signing other internal improvement Bills showing his inconsistency. If he had consistently kept to his policy of no federal help this then could be heralded a success rather than possible failure.

The Jacksonian Era, which took place from the 1820’s to the 1830’s, is a place of debate in regards to democracy. Despite popular belief, the Jacksonian Era was not a time when the United States experienced the “democratization of politics.” While democracy is about equality, the majority of people were not equal. White, landowning men were gaining rights, but the rights of women, blacks, and Native Americans were still being ignored. Before Jackson was elected president, there were many treaties made with the Indians; Jackson decided to ignore whatever the treaties said and do as he pleased with the Indians.

“Jackson’s use of the presidential veto squashes the majority vote of both houses of congress and extends the power of the president” (Doc 5: Daniel Webster, July 11th, 1882). Jackson use of the veto squashes the majority vote so the people don’t have a choice in the matter. It also shows that Jackson abused his presidential power. “Jackson words encourage a kind of class war between rich and poor” (Doc 5: Daniel Webster, July 11th, 1882). Jackson talks about how the rich are to gain and the poor would not. It seemed as if he was pushing a class war upon the country. The veto of the National Bank was undemocratic because it gave the people no

The first thing that Jackson went after being the bank, or economy. Many people liked the bank as it provided loans to businesses, and money management; people who liked the bank were Republicans, rich people, and businessmen. Just as how people like it, people also dislike the bank: Democrats, southerners, poor people, and westerners; their reasons were that the bank was unconstitutional, and it could restrict loans. Jackson was a democrat, so he was not a fan of the bank, therefore he did not like Nicholas Biddle who was the president of the bank. Eventually Nicholas Biddle decided to renew the banks’ charter early and Jackson decided to veto the bill as he did not like the bank and what it could do. People felt great about this and felt pride that Jackson would stop something unconstitutional and he won the next election with major support. The only problem with states’ rights was that Jackson did not like that John C. Calhoun is trying to tell states they could nullify any federal law they choose. Democrats, southerners and John C. Colhoun were for nullification as Calhoun did not like Jackson and wanted him to fail, and the southerners did not think it applied to them. Jackson, Republicans, and northerners were against nullification as Jackson agreed with it and then northerners found it applied to them. Since Jackson

Jackson didn’t handle the Nullification Crisis very well. The Nullification Crisis started when Congress raised the taxes on imported goods. The southern states protested, but most of them accepted it. South Carolina opposed these taxes more than the other states. South Carolina tried to nullify the taxes. Nullification is a right that the states have that lets them nullify laws passed by the federal government that they have deemed unconstitutional. They threatened to secede from the United States and be their own country if the taxes were not removed. When Andrew Jackson heard about this, he was outraged. At first he slightly lowered the taxes, but when South Carolina didn’t stop he got Congress to pass the Force Act. This allowed him to use the federal army to collect taxes. At the same time of this bill, Congress was lowering the taxes. South Carolina chose to stop protesting and accept the taxes. This is important because it shows that if things aren’t going well, Jackson would resort to violence rather than find a peaceful agreement. Though he started peacefully, he would switch to violence

Jackson vetoed the usage of federal money to construct the Marysville Road, since it included Kentucky, the home state of Jackson’s political opponent, Henry Clay. Parties, rivalries, and ideas of Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson were similar to Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton’s and their era. All of the previous presidents had set a two-term precedent. Jackson followed the tradition and did not pursue a third term. These demonstrate examples of the continuity through his

The first king, president of the United States was Andrew Jackson. President Jackson ran two terms was from 1829 to 1837. Jackson was the first president to grow up from a poor family, he was born on the border of North and South Carolina in 1767. He first volunteered in the Revolutionary War, when he was 13.Jackson was captured and badly wounded Jackson was let free thanks to a prisoner exchange and served. He returned home to his widow mother, but unfortunately his mother died shortly after.