Andrew Jackson: The Controversial President Of The United States

Andrew Jackson was a war hero and a very controversial president of the United States from 1828 to 1836. The American people loved Jackson because of his war efforts during the Battle of New Orleans and the Seminole Wars. Before he was president, he had a troubled childhood and later on was involved in the first divorce in Kentucky. He did have many questionable moves, such as the spoils system, the nullification in South Carolina, attempting to remove the national bank, the Indian Removal Act, ignoring Supreme Court rulings, and other moves throughout his term as the seventh president. In the election of 1824, Jackson ran against John Quincy Adams. On election day, Jackson won the most popular votes, but no candidate won a majority in the Electoral College. Adams eventually won the presidency and appointed Clay, his former adversary, the secretary of state because Clay got his supporters to back Adams. This was a major act of corruption, and made Andrew Jackson and his supports very mad. In 1828, Jackson ran against Quincy Adams again. This time, Jackson wanted revenge because he felt he was cheated out of the last election. Jackson
Known as his first “triumph,” he killed 1,000 Creek Indians at the battle of Horseshoe Bend. He killed more Native Americans in this battle than in any other battle in United States history. He also went against his orders and invaded Florida where he captured and killed Native Americans. Congress refused to sanction him because of the Battle of New Orleans where he was declared a national hero. When he became president, Jackson's unfair prejudice against the Native Americans continued. He wanted to move all the Native Americans to the Great Plains, which was thought to be a wasteland by many of the Americans. Jackson pushed Congress to commit to the Indian Removal Act to relocate the Native Americans to the Great Plains, and he