Why Is Andrew Jackson Controversial
Controversy. Quite the word of many meanings. Certain events throughout an individual's life will spark ember of these controversial opinions, all which are subjective to that individuals perception of them. History seems to be the central relier of controversy and for decades individuals of all ages, races, and genders have quarreled together or against one another of topics debatable. One which has been discussed for a many of years now, is that of Andrew Jackson and his overall worthiness of being on such a high heald, profound piece of paper. The United States $20 dollar bill. Jackson is an individual of many characteristics; independence, relentlessness, ruthlessness, crudeness, bravery, and determination. These traits are some which engineered a superior power for Jackson overall and are what evolved him
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into a controversial and revolutionary leader of a country in need. Quartering of Africans likely added to the demise of his liking in high statutes as slavery was a struggling time for such race. Massacre of Native Americans sparked a enraging cry for mercy in those who closely associated with such mass group of innocent individuals. And, the cheating of a politically defined system, the breaking of trusting boundaries between the president and the people, is what ultimately added to the lessening positive perception of his own self in which pessimism grew in eyes of some persons. With regard to both his time in presidency and his time outside as a man, a houseowner, an American, certain debates come about of the ultimate sizing of his position on the bill and his everlasting status as a man, a public figure, and as the seventh president of the United States of America. Absolute monarchy. Such term is commonly defined to be one of which a individual ruler of choosing steps into an office of supreme authority, where such authority is lightened of heavy-weighted restrictions of written laws, customs, and legislation. Andrew Jackson is the epitome of such. The giving of precious positions within the government to his close friends is a prime example of such and shows clearly why he is inconsiderate and untrustable. Instead of encouraging people to work hard for their goals, ones of possibly accomplishing positions in politics, he simply gave them away based on the friendships which he had. Not only is this unprofessional, but as a former president, this is unexceptable and brakes many legal rules and moral codes. His fits of rage and arrant posture of determined mark, lead him in ways of ruthlessness. Amongst his presidential term he resided personal issues at hand close to his own and took them in such serious manners to which he then terminated groups of people. Native Americans being one of the handful of major groups in crisis during the 1800’s, especially during the time of Jackson as they were sought out to be persons who would leave the borders, leave their land, their homes.
There were a total of five distinct Native American tribal groups which were subsequently forced to evacuate the premises of their homes. And, with little time, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole and Creek Natives, left to Oklahoma under Andrew Jackson's request. Such an act of movement certainly was offensive and confusing, however the main issue upon the persons was not the movement itself, rather it was the true realization of the power in Jackson's hands. After the movement, one of the tribes sued for reasons personal, and when ruled in their own favor by the Supreme Court, Jackson and his devious, ruthless, belittling self, took matters to his own and induced Georgia to move into the Natives land, thus creating an inability for the Natives to go home. This event is known as the Trail of Tears, and is just one of a handful of times where Jackson took the lives of the innocent, thus providing a reason to remove him from the bill
itself. Harassing, quartering, commanding, and exploiting slaves as though they’re merely property, are just some of the words used to describe such morbid events within political history. Andrew Jackson enhanced these terms in wide variety to mean much more after all which he enacted upon innocent individuals. Not only did he himself own a handful of indentured slaves, as well as personal slaves, but he was a keen activist for slave movement as he sought it out to be extraordinary and efficient. Slavery was the source of Andrew Jackson's wealth. The Hermitage, was the first of the large 100 acre land plots in which self-sustaining plantations were constructed and engineered upon. Such plantations at the time of their building, during the middle 1800’s, relied solely on the efficiency of enslaved African men, women, and children. These ages groups faced similar consequences of work, involving hard labor of farming and picking cotton and mass cleaning and buttlering of the masters. The survival of the Jackson family was far more important than the slaves, as the slaves were seen as lesser people. At one point in his presidential career it was so that he created a system, where he subjectively replaced members of political standing in offices of the government simply based on his own favor of them and their prior relationships. Jackson was questioned with removing nearly one thousand occupants from office. Thus ultimately led to many protests, riots and lower expectations in defiance against the forms applied by Jackson. Similarly to his past reputation of altering things in negative ways, Andrew Jackson, sluggishly found his way into the destruction of the Federal Second Bank of America. While this destruction was not literal in its sense, it was emotionally, and certain parts of the Banks fluid system were being destroyed. Jackson thought the Bank of the United States was putting ordinary American civilian in harm's way by exercising far too extensive amounts of control over economic opportunity and credit. As a result, he succeeded in shutting it down by moving federal funds to smaller state banks. Massive speculation of the event and the perpetrator of it came to be in many places, specifically in the Western lands of the United States. The Panic of 1837 was what caused the United States to go into deep debt all due to Jacksons arrogance and selfishness as a president, his antagonising of speculation in the people of the west, and his disowning of the political position as president. This horrendous financial crisis in the United States was what touched off a major recession that lasted until the middle 1840’s. During this, there was a large decrease in many persons and organizations profits, prices, and wages and there was an expensive increase in unemployment. Large pessimism abandoned, speculative lending practices in western states arose, a sharp decline in cotton prices began, the ending of jobs for a many of people, international specie flowed, and restrictive lending policies in Great Britain rose to a maximum and brought Britain to blame based on the actions of Jackson. Andrew Jackson was at times considered to be highly ambiguous and infeasible, in regards to but not limited to his authority as president and his bluff as a general. And, even while he heals a multitude of primary successes, it is so, however he was one to out way such with actions of stupidity and inconsiderate; he gave people the easy way out and let them take office with him even though they certainly may not have been certified nor may had they worked nearly as long as they should have in the political field to obtain such positions. Likewise, he was quite the dependent individual and relied on others to get his work done for him whilst in office. He used slaves to complete tasks such as farming, and used the land of the Native Americans which he massacred to build on. He was cocky, arrogant, and at times unreliable, especially when he caused the United States to go into a sudden panic during 1837 over the inconsiderate moving of large funds from one bank to another.
into a controversial and revolutionary leader of a country in need. Quartering of Africans likely added to the demise of his liking in high statutes as slavery was a struggling time for such race. Massacre of Native Americans sparked a enraging cry for mercy in those who closely associated with such mass group of innocent individuals. And, the cheating of a politically defined system, the breaking of trusting boundaries between the president and the people, is what ultimately added to the lessening positive perception of his own self in which pessimism grew in eyes of some persons. With regard to both his time in presidency and his time outside as a man, a houseowner, an American, certain debates come about of the ultimate sizing of his position on the bill and his everlasting status as a man, a public figure, and as the seventh president of the United States of America. Absolute monarchy. Such term is commonly defined to be one of which a individual ruler of choosing steps into an office of supreme authority, where such authority is lightened of heavy-weighted restrictions of written laws, customs, and legislation. Andrew Jackson is the epitome of such. The giving of precious positions within the government to his close friends is a prime example of such and shows clearly why he is inconsiderate and untrustable. Instead of encouraging people to work hard for their goals, ones of possibly accomplishing positions in politics, he simply gave them away based on the friendships which he had. Not only is this unprofessional, but as a former president, this is unexceptable and brakes many legal rules and moral codes. His fits of rage and arrant posture of determined mark, lead him in ways of ruthlessness. Amongst his presidential term he resided personal issues at hand close to his own and took them in such serious manners to which he then terminated groups of people. Native Americans being one of the handful of major groups in crisis during the 1800’s, especially during the time of Jackson as they were sought out to be persons who would leave the borders, leave their land, their homes.
There were a total of five distinct Native American tribal groups which were subsequently forced to evacuate the premises of their homes. And, with little time, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole and Creek Natives, left to Oklahoma under Andrew Jackson's request. Such an act of movement certainly was offensive and confusing, however the main issue upon the persons was not the movement itself, rather it was the true realization of the power in Jackson's hands. After the movement, one of the tribes sued for reasons personal, and when ruled in their own favor by the Supreme Court, Jackson and his devious, ruthless, belittling self, took matters to his own and induced Georgia to move into the Natives land, thus creating an inability for the Natives to go home. This event is known as the Trail of Tears, and is just one of a handful of times where Jackson took the lives of the innocent, thus providing a reason to remove him from the bill
itself. Harassing, quartering, commanding, and exploiting slaves as though they’re merely property, are just some of the words used to describe such morbid events within political history. Andrew Jackson enhanced these terms in wide variety to mean much more after all which he enacted upon innocent individuals. Not only did he himself own a handful of indentured slaves, as well as personal slaves, but he was a keen activist for slave movement as he sought it out to be extraordinary and efficient. Slavery was the source of Andrew Jackson's wealth. The Hermitage, was the first of the large 100 acre land plots in which self-sustaining plantations were constructed and engineered upon. Such plantations at the time of their building, during the middle 1800’s, relied solely on the efficiency of enslaved African men, women, and children. These ages groups faced similar consequences of work, involving hard labor of farming and picking cotton and mass cleaning and buttlering of the masters. The survival of the Jackson family was far more important than the slaves, as the slaves were seen as lesser people. At one point in his presidential career it was so that he created a system, where he subjectively replaced members of political standing in offices of the government simply based on his own favor of them and their prior relationships. Jackson was questioned with removing nearly one thousand occupants from office. Thus ultimately led to many protests, riots and lower expectations in defiance against the forms applied by Jackson. Similarly to his past reputation of altering things in negative ways, Andrew Jackson, sluggishly found his way into the destruction of the Federal Second Bank of America. While this destruction was not literal in its sense, it was emotionally, and certain parts of the Banks fluid system were being destroyed. Jackson thought the Bank of the United States was putting ordinary American civilian in harm's way by exercising far too extensive amounts of control over economic opportunity and credit. As a result, he succeeded in shutting it down by moving federal funds to smaller state banks. Massive speculation of the event and the perpetrator of it came to be in many places, specifically in the Western lands of the United States. The Panic of 1837 was what caused the United States to go into deep debt all due to Jacksons arrogance and selfishness as a president, his antagonising of speculation in the people of the west, and his disowning of the political position as president. This horrendous financial crisis in the United States was what touched off a major recession that lasted until the middle 1840’s. During this, there was a large decrease in many persons and organizations profits, prices, and wages and there was an expensive increase in unemployment. Large pessimism abandoned, speculative lending practices in western states arose, a sharp decline in cotton prices began, the ending of jobs for a many of people, international specie flowed, and restrictive lending policies in Great Britain rose to a maximum and brought Britain to blame based on the actions of Jackson. Andrew Jackson was at times considered to be highly ambiguous and infeasible, in regards to but not limited to his authority as president and his bluff as a general. And, even while he heals a multitude of primary successes, it is so, however he was one to out way such with actions of stupidity and inconsiderate; he gave people the easy way out and let them take office with him even though they certainly may not have been certified nor may had they worked nearly as long as they should have in the political field to obtain such positions. Likewise, he was quite the dependent individual and relied on others to get his work done for him whilst in office. He used slaves to complete tasks such as farming, and used the land of the Native Americans which he massacred to build on. He was cocky, arrogant, and at times unreliable, especially when he caused the United States to go into a sudden panic during 1837 over the inconsiderate moving of large funds from one bank to another.