Andrew Jackson Dbq Analysis

It cannot be questioned that Andrew Jackson had extreme impact serving as the United States seventh president. He, along with many others of the time, believed that with the impact he had he was even a hero. The fact of the matter, however, is that many results of his impactful decisions were often not always for the benefit of the country. His personal values alone did not seek the country’s best interest. With the overall result of the choices that Jackson made, he was indeed not hero and only limited democracy resulting in negative affects to the United States. Jackson was “born to command”, but form the very beginning of his presidency he showed that these commands didn’t always extend democracy as a whole. (Document N) Once elected,
Jackson broke, with the Indian Removal Act, the federal treaty that was made with the Cherokee that granted them land in Georgia forever. (Document H) A democratic leader would not have gone ahead with breaking this treaty made with the Cherokee for their own personal values. Even though leading nearly 1/3 of the Native American population to their deaths was not necessarily considered an immoral thing to do at this time, Jackson did not follow the democratic principles of dealing with this issue. When election time comes around and Jackson prepares to run for a second term he is forced into a bind. Henry Clay, who will run for president in 1832, supports the National Bank which Jackson had criticized in the past. Although Jackson did criticize the bank, he knew that, with all its flaws, its policies did work. He then made a political decision to veto the re-chartering of the National Bank putting the U.S. economy at risk. (Document G) Although he backs up his decision with valid issues that the bank possessed, he put his own career ahead of the national interest and as a result the economy would