Thomas Andrews

Andrew Jackson; a man of many contradictions, self-made, the champion of the common white man, war hero, patriot and 7th president of the United States. Despite Jackson’s accomplishments, he was also a short-tempered slave owner, an oppressor of many innocent Native Americans and a tyrannical president. Andrew Jackson should be considered a villain because of the atrocities that he committed during his presidential tenure. Andrew Jackson can be viewed as a villain for numerous things, one being

westward expansion, white settlers petitioned the federal government to remove them. Although Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe argued that the Indian tribes in the Southeast should exchange their land for lands west of the Mississippi River, they did not take steps to make this happen. Indeed, the first major transfer of land occurred only as the result of war. In 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson led an expedition against the Creek Indians climaxing in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend (in present

inhabited them. Shortly after the new “Americans” won their freedom from the English, they began their push west. The removal of the Native American’s began then and was started by our own founding fathers. It is widely believed and taught that President Andrew Jackson was the one to begin the harsh removal of these people from their lands, but he merely continued what was being put into place. What is not known by many is that our

needs. Andrew Jackson used his power and influence as the President of the United States to forcefully remove the Cherokee from their land to claim it for the United States. Andrew Jackson’s decision to remove the Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi in the early 1830s continued the of social, economic, and political policies of the United States but still showed signs of political change as well. . The United States socially saw themselves as superior to the Indians before and after Andrew Jackson’s

the era, there is more evidence that the period did live up to the era. During this time period, three factors that showed how the period lived up to the era is the economic development, politics, and the reform movements. In 1824, the election of Andrew Jackson reflected the emergence of a new American nation. The nation,

viewer I found myself rooting particularly for Andrew Carnegie and against John Rockefeller and Henry Frick. The varied personalities of these three men led me to see the desire for power in all of them, but the way they went about getting their power differed immensely. Andrew at a young age worked as the assistant and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, one of the railroads top officials and within three years was promoted to superintendent. By 1889 Andrew owned Carnegie Steel Corporation, the largest

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” (Andrew Jackson). The seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, is best known for representing the common man and founding the Democratic Party. Often referred to as the “people’s president”, Jackson was popular because of his emphasis on individual liberty, belief in limited (but strong) government, and humble origins. He was proclaimed a hero in the War of 1812

the end of the trail to their designation, but many Cherokee Indians became deceased along the way. Andrew Jackson was one of the reasons this conflict rose against the Cherokee. Andrew Jackson was not justified in forcing the five “Civilized Tribes” off their land due to the conclusion in Worcester v. Georgia,the fact they attempted to live an American life and how civilized they were, and

year 1810. In 1817, John Calhoun was appointed as Secretary of War by President Monroe, in which during his term, he made substantial changes to the War Department. Calhoun served two terms as Vice President: in 1825 with John Quincy and in 1829 with Andrew Jackson. In 1832 he quit his Vice President position and returned to South Carolina as a Senator, a position which he held for eleven years. In

James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson were President during this time span, and each had different views and morals when it came to slavery. James Madison, the first of the four to run his term, was a key contributor to the Bill of Rights. He believed in human rights especially rights to liberty and property. In an article written to address Madison and other’s views and inputs in the bill, it states “They[George Mason, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson] were men for whom ‘possessing