Should Andrew Jackson Be Honored With A Monument

Jackson did not serve for the people of America, Jackson served to change America how he believe it should be run. By ignoring the government Jackson acts more like a king than a president. Jackson went against Supreme Court decision and removed Indians from their land. As Jackson said in his Second Annual Message to Congress Jackson commented that, “the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation” (Doc E). Indians on the land that Jackson forcibly removed them from was delegated as their land by the Supreme Court. By going against the Supreme Court, Jackson did not act presidentially. Also, The removal of Indians resulted in countless Indian deaths and resulted in violence. Another example of Jackson attending to his own agenda was the issue of nullification and South Carolina. Jackson had a personal bias against John C. Calhoun, and threatened him when Calhoun exclaimed that South Carolina would leave the union if Jackson didn’t allow South Carolina to lower or rid of the tariff on imported

Although he had done some bad things he did some good to. Andrew Jackson had destroyed the national bank since “Jackson was suspicious of the bank’s powers to inflate or deflate the currency at will, redistribute wealth from Southern and Western plain folk to a Northern and foreign financial elite, and corrupt the Congress and the press with easy money.” (James Rutledge Roesch). He was suspicious since the national bank basically had the United states in their hand. But by doing that he had caused the economy to collapse since when he had “went to war” with the bank he had withdrawn money from it and deposited it in “pet banks”. And in shutting down the bank he cost people money, jobs, and a shortage of money for the U.S. which had caused the first great

Why should the United States honor a president who caused immense pain to many innocent people and led our country into a financial panic and depression by putting him on the $20 bill? Andrew Jackson was not the great man that many people learned about. Jackson did many things during his presidency that should are dishonorable, such as supporting the Indian Removals, or kicking qualified people out of his office to make room for his friends in the government. Even though many people believe he was the people’s president and stood for democracy, we should not be applauding a president that supported discrimination and slavery during his time in office. Andrew Jackson was against the national bank, too, and even went as far as to begin a campaign to close down the bank. Additionally, Jackson committed various dishonorable actions during his presidency that lost him the trust of some of his voters and gave his opponents valid reasons to oppose him. Andrew Jackson does not deserve to be on the $20 bill.

In the history of America, the people have always had a mixed opinions or views with certain presidents on certain bills. Some presidents brought change, while others didn't which shows why not all presidents have a bill with their face on it. But the people have never felt more mixed about a president on a bill until Andrew Jackson took the 20. While Andrew Jackson has made a lot of positive gains in America there is still a lot of negative things and I think he shouldn't be on the bill at all. He has done way more harm than good such as he was still a murderer and a traitor symbol on America because of events he took in such as him making South Carolina stay in the union and pay taxes, him vetoing the pet banks, and he signed for the Trail of Tears.

The changing nation reflected a growing sense of national pride and identity by introducing many different acts and rights. After the War of 1812, there was a growing surge of nationalism all throughout the United States. This feeling of happiness originated from the United States recent victory of the War. The Era of Good Feelings, The Age of Jackson, and changing the states’ rights and the economy were all huge factors in the changing nation, and it all reflected from the nation's previous victory. With the new found sense of nationalism and pride, the government took advantage of the states’ and the people. They did this by putting tariffs on imported goods, separating the natives from their homeland, and setting many other

He issued high tarrifs, as high as 33 percent on imports, to protect American manufactorers from cheaper foriengers. Many people repsected him for trying to keep American goods in America and protect his manufactorers. But some states like South Carolina suffered and Jackson ignored them. The next act that Jackson did was attempting to destroy the banks. As he saw before the banks were a disator waiting to happen. Many people supported him, not the whigs, on this idea and made him very popular. Jackson took steps to destroy it. The economy took a small dip it shot back up, the national debt had dissapered and for the first and only time between 1835 and 1873, the governemnt had a financial surplus. After his term he wanted Martin Van Buren for president. Jackson laid the foundation down for democracy and made very important changes that made the economy affluent. He appealed to the common man and proved that he did. He was best known for killing the national bank, being the first non-aristocratic president, and creating Jacksonian

Although he thought that the people should have a say in government he didn 't fight for slaves, women, or Native Americans to have their opinions heard. In fact he signed the Indian Removal Act, which moved Cherokee tribe out of Georgia into an Indian reservation in the West. Actually the Supreme Court ruled this unlawful in the case of Worcester v. Georgia in 1832, but when Georgia ignored the ruling Jackson didn 't complain. Jackson had a chance to stop the trail of tears from happening and saving about four thousand Cherokee Indians. Jackson believe the people in charge of the bank of the US were crooked and the bank would needed to be crushed. So, when the bill for the charter for the Second Bank of the United States came up he immediately vetoed it. He then decided to deposit the federal fund of the United States in pet 23 pet banks. Nicholas Biddle the head of the back fought back as hard as he could but Jackson was determined and frankly he didn 't listen to anyone but the people. Jackson issued his own form of paper currency (banknotes) that were backed by Specie Circular, which was usually silver or gold coins. The extreme inflation of the economy started after Jackson dismantled the Second bank of the US. The inflation was caused by the banks issuing banknotes that were unbacked by the Specie Circular. This was a big part of starting the Panic of 1837, it wasn 't the only reason but one of the biggest. When building our country the founding

Andrew Jackson, whose presidential term lasted from 1829-1837, was the first president to ever be chosen by the people to lead. Because he was not born into a rich family, people felt that they could relate to him better. He too preferred supporting the common public over the wealthy aristocrats. During Jackson’s period in office he was able to shift the majority of power in the United States to farmers and small businesses in the western part of the country. Jackson vetoed many bills in order to benefit common people and also created the spoils system to balance out his cabinet. Like Jefferson, Jackson was extremely opposed to the Bank of the U.S., believing that it would only make the wealthy even

There is much controversy surrounding whether or not the seventh president Andrew Jackson deserves to be on the twenty dollar bill. While some see him and his policies and dangerous and harmful to the country others see them as necessary. Too achieve most good things, one must overcome challenges along the way. Andrew Jackson however had many significant obstacles, some that resulted badly, that shined a negative light on his presidency. Even though some of the actions Jackson took had negative outcomes they all had the best interest of the country in mind and helped America to grow and prosper.

Jackson completely ignored the fact that most Americans supported the Bank and went through all the trouble to shut it down just to prove his power. Jackson also used the military as a threat to citizens. The people of South Carolina didn’t like what Jackson was doing, and they threatened to secede and also didn’t pay their taxes, so Jackson sent the Navy and Army into South Carolina to force them to pay their taxes. (Document 7). While citizens should pay their taxes, the military is to protect your country, not scare your people.

Andrew Jackson should not be on the 20 dollar bill because he was one of the biggest slaveholders in tennessee, he vetoed the national bank, and he tried to annihilate the cherokee and indians from civilization.

Meaning that until this day that historian cannot draw any ideas or fact of what Jackson brought to the table. Historians cannot figure out what impact did Jackson bring to the nation during the eight years he has been a president. For that reason, William J. Duane wrote the “Removal of the Deposits.” Which was about Duane, Jackson’s Treasury secretary refused to withdraw government deposits from the Bank of the US and was dismissed from the Cabinet. Therefore, from the things that Jackson do revolve around the Bank of the United States and money. Jackson would go as far as to execute massive groups of people to get his way and money. Jackson would also break the law to get his way. Whether it was unlawfully pronouncing military law in New Orleans, attacking Spanish Florida and executing English nationals, expelling government stores from the Bank of the United States, or scrutinizing the Incomparable Court's power in Worcester v. Georgia. However, Jackson did not show any interest in what the people wanted in the

Was Andrew Jackson a hero or a villain? Does he deserve to be on the twenty dollar bill? The things he did were appealing only for a few. This did not represent all of the United States. He did what was best for the majority of Americans. His ideas did not appeal to the rich and well-born because his focus was farmers. The majority is not always what is right. Jackson’s approach was very straight forward. He got rid of people he didn't agree with and hired people who had the same opinions as him. This led to abuses of political power designed to benefit and enrich the ruling party. A hero needs to listen to others and not just do what he wishes just because he has the ultimate power to do so. Andrew Jackson should not be on the twenty dollar bill because he forced Native Americans out of their homes, did not follow rules, and had a terrible temper.

In Jackson’s quest for control solely by the people, he targeted the national bank. He believed that, “ great evils to our country… might flow from such a concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people (Doc F).” Basically, he felt that the bank should not have such control that it can swing government legislature to benefit it’s shareholders. Jackson waged a war on the bank and as a result pushed the country into a recession that would affect the economy for decades to

He didn’t like the bank because he lost money due to the banks decisions in the early stages of his career. Congress showed complete disapproval of Jackson's abuse of power regarding his decisions with the bank. Jackson decided that he was going to order the federal government's deposits were removed from the national bank and put into state banks. This action helped the poor by hurting rich, this helped jackson to be named the “champion of the common man”. The national bank owner, Biddle, did not like Jackson’s actions and retaliated by making it harder for businesses to get the money they needed, this created an economic depression at the end of 1833 and into 1834. The bank charter then finally expired in