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Andrew Jackson Research Paper

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Evan Cantrell
Ms.Abrams/Mr.Gazette
8th Grade English / Social Studies
March 12th, 2015
Andrew Jackson Essay “Never take counsel of your fears Once said our seventh president, Andrew Jackson”(USA Patriotism! … President Andrew Jackson’s Famous quotes). Andrew Jackson made problems with the bank, took federal jobs, and removed the indians. Andrew Jackson does not deserve to be a part of The American Historical Society. Andrew Jackson caused a lot of problems with the Second United States Bank. Jackson did not like the idea of paper money replacing silver and gold, but we eventually did and we are doing fine with paper money right now. He called the new money “soft money” in place of “hard money” which was silver and gold (The War Against the Bank). Jackson pushed people to believe that only gold and silver provided proper security (Andrew Jackson: The Bank). Andrew Jackson thought that the government should be a part of the Second United States Bank, but Nicholas Biddle, the Second United States Bank’s president, knew that the government should not be able to control the economy, which I agree with (Andrew Jackson Takes on the Bank of the US). The senate approved a charter for The Second …show more content…

He would fire elected federal workers and replace them with people who supported him (Appleby. Page 340). It is not fair that unelected officials should carry out laws. The fired employees charged Jackson for being a tyrant, Jackson just told them that it was best for democracy, which was a lie (Appleby, Page 340). The replacement of government officials with the election winner’s supporters is called the Spoils System (Appleby, Joyce Oldham. Page 340). This name was formed by one of Jackson’s supporters saying “To the victors belong the spoils”, the victors being Jackson’s supporters and the spoils being the jobs they get from firing government workers (Appleby, Joyce Oldham. Page

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