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    Andrew Jackson‚ seventh president of the United States of America‚ can be debated as either a good president or bad president. But if one were to weigh out the positives and negatives of Andrew Jackson’s presidency‚ one would realize that his positives outweigh his negatives for a variety of historic facts. Andrew Jackson was a good president because he represented the majority of America’s people by being a common‚ prevented a civil war when South Carolina threatened to secede from the nation

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    The Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears‚ a gruesome event taking place in the mid 1800’s. Andrew Jackson and his Indian removal Act‚ it costed the land of the Cherokees of the east Mississippi River to be taken away from them. Due to the land being stolen‚ the Cherokees had to migrate to the present-day of Oklahoma. With its devastating events such as‚ Hunger‚ disease‚ and exhaustion. Years later‚ The Cherokee people named the migration "The Trail of Tears". Over 4‚000 of 15‚000 of Cherokees were

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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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     Jefferson had a plan to change the way that the Natives were‚ to make  them more American. Jackson was obsessed with taking land from the Natives and hating  them. Jackson led to the Natives to the their land‚ promising the Cherokees friendship‚  deceiving them. Americans have been hiding the true Jackson from the textbooks‚ making  him look like a hero‚ when he was nothing but a scumbag. Jackson was someone who‚ once  he had a little‚ he wanted more. Jackson wasn’t the only asshole like this‚ Lewis Cass was  another one like him

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    The East coast of the United States was burdened with new settlers and becoming over populated. President Andrew Jackson and the government had to find a way to alleviate this over crowdedness and move people to the West. The government passed the Indian Removal Policy in the year 1830‚ which called for the removal of Native Americans from the Tennessee‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia areas. It also moved the Seminole capital‚ Echota‚ in Tennessee to the new capital called New

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    While Andrew Jackson was president of the United States‚ he was happy to pursue the news in the relation of the Indians Removal in the 1830’s. I believe Andrew Jackson is in a rush to remove the Indians because it will prevent differences between the General and State Governments on account of the Indians‚ and it will increase the size of civil populations. In the 1830’s‚ the Indian Removal was not the only event that was occurring. The Second Great Awakening was happening as well‚ which was a period

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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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    region. Andrew Jackson was the president‚ He fulfilled his ambition by changed the Washington and America‚ which is also called the Indian removal act. The removal was resulted destruction to the five Indian tribes‚ such as Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole and Cherokee. The Cherokee was decided not to move‚ they have took Georgia to the court. The chief justice John Marshal was ruled the favor on behalf of the Cherokee‚ He said that Cherokee should not have to move out. Andrew Jackson persisted

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    Andrew Jackson Pros and Cons        Pros  Cons  He was the first self­made man to become  President.  Before he was president‚ he invaded Florida  against orders.  He was only instructed to  capture runaway slaves but he conquered the  territory and wiped out entire Seminole villages.  He was a supporter of the “common man” ­ he  felt the government was only helping the rich.  While in Florida‚ he executed two British officers‚  which was against the orders he had been given  by his own military court

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    It is very difficult to say if Andrew Jackson was a good president or an evil president‚ because he made good decisions and bad decisions. There are many positive and many negative things that Andrew Jackson did during his presidency. Andrew Jackson was the first true president of common people. Andrew Jackson supported a strong national government. He was a man of the people‚ he wanted the government to be a “simple machine which the Constitution created”. One of President Jackson’s largest actions

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