Was Andrew Jackson A Good President

Was Andrew Jackson a good president? Unlike presidents before Jackson, he was born poor and had to work extremely hard to get to where he did. He taught himself to read and write and put himself through law school. Some people will blacken his name but there are reasons as to why they do this. Jackson, I feel, seemed to handle things in an extreme manner. One example of an extreme manner is the forced relocation of Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi in 1838; known as the Trail of Tears. This was the route where bad weather, neglect, and limited supplies of food killed a lot of the walking Native Americans. From his previous job as an Army general, Jackson had already experienced giving the Indian nations acres of