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
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Andrew Jackson a man who forever changed the presidency. Andrew Jackson did many terrible things in his presidency. He is a stain on American history‚ cause great strife for the Cherokees and many other Native Americans. He was unpresidential by firing his entire cabinet‚ he ignored an order from the supreme court‚ and murdered a man. How could a man like this ever become the president of the United States? Andrew Jackson should be removed from the twenty‚ and not held on a high pedestal. Andrew
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President Andrew Jackson left a long-lasting mark upon America’s government and presidency in both positive and negatives ways. Jackson was a firm supporter of individual rights. He believed in limited government. The states regulated themselves with limited to no government interference at all with the president as the spokesman of the country’s population. He was viewed as a war hero and gained most of his reputation from his involvement in War of 1812. During the nullification crisis‚ President
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By: Kolton Jacobs 11/10/14 Andrew Jackson the brash‚ independent‚ strong-willed man who became one of America’s greatest presidents. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767‚ he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about 2 years‚ and he became an excellent young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely envious of his honor‚ he engaged in brawls‚ and in a duel killed a man who cast an inappropriate word on his wife Rachel (White house.gov) . As the 7th president
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Andrew Jackson Prior to winning the presidential election in 1828‚ Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams shared deep hatred for each other. When Jackson won the presidential election‚ his popularity created the age of Jacksonian democracy. It replaced the Jeffersonian democracy‚ where Jefferson had created a nation governed by middle and upper-class educated property holders. Jackson was a symbol of an age because he represented the common man‚ was a beloved hero and was a leader who shared similar
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Andrew Jackson was a very well-known president. Some know him for the good he’s done‚ some for the bad‚ and some because he is on the twenty dollar bill. Many of us do not know that Jackson lived a very eventful life. During Jackson’s run for president a very personal subject came up about his past that impacted his life immensely. Before Jackson became president he fell in love with the young lady named Rachel Robarb. Although‚ Andrew and Rachel love went against social control‚ (2) during this
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blunders. Andrew Jackson‚ who was in office from 1829-1837‚ was a president of many firsts as he was the first frontier president‚ first to have a “kitchen cabinet”‚ and first to use a pocket veto. Jackson was later succeeded by his vice president‚ Martin Van Buren. Van Buren‚ who was in office from 1837-1841‚ was known for his shrewd political skills. Both these men laid down the foundations for a stronger‚ more centralized national government with methods that garnered mixed responses. Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. A rough-hewn military hero‚ he was regarded by many as the spokesman of the common man. He entered the White House in 1829 after winning the second of two vigorously fought election campaigns. Through his forceful personality‚ he restructured the office of the president and helped shape the democratic party. Less educated and less schooled in government than many of his political opponents‚ Jackson had leaped to national fame in
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In the 1800’s when America was still developing as a new country‚ there were still many conflicts proceeding throughout that period. Andrew Jackson served as the seventh president and his main concern was the removal of the Cherokee tribe from their own land. As a result‚ the Cherokee people were divided amongst themselves because of this act President Jackson wanted to enforce. While many Cherokee people ignored Jackson’s instructions and stayed on their land‚ few did go to what is now Oklahoma
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President Andrew Jackson should be removed completely from the twenty dollar bill. Jackson created disorder in the economy and government. Who wants a man that forces natives out of their homeland because he believes they are the ones bothering him? Jackson thinks only for himself and not others. The bank was not closing when he wanted it to close‚ so he took it into his own hands to close it himself. In result‚ the economy was destroyed for many years until it began to recover. Jackson is the type
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