Andrew Jackson’s presidency is very much like that of a monarch. He abuses his presidential powers and forced things to go his way even if it means he has to use the military. These power-hungry qualities define him as a bad president, and good that he has done for the United States is outweighed by his cruel and unfair actions which are morally irredeemable. Firstly, during his presidency he instituted the spoils system, which he rewards his supporters with jobs. More importantly, these jobs were government positions. When he was in power he replaced 10% of government officials with people who loved him. What makes this so bad is that it was an unfair system where the government was biased in Jackson’s favor. Andrew Jackson could have appointed …show more content…
Georgia Supreme Court case. The court ruled that the Native Americans were its own individual community, so they have the right to their own territory. Andrew Jackson, however, hated this ruling. He and Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, which forced the Native Americans to move out of their rightful home to westward of the Mississippi, a place unfamiliar to them. Natives Americans who defied Jackson were forced out by his military, which then brought upon the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears eliminated generations of Native American families and culture all because of Andrew Jackson’s intolerance of them. His racist decisions were unforgivable. Even though Jackson may have expanded democracy by increasing the voting pool to the “common man”, he only expanded it to all white men. Which is ultimately, unimpressive since white men were already considered to be superior to everyone else. Anyone else could have opened voting to all white men and be praised for it since their opinions are already so dominant. Also, even if Jackson has weakened the upper class by vetoing the corrupted National Bank, he has done it through the abuse of his powers. In brief, the good Jackson has done was just expanding voting to more white men and abusing his powers to veto a