How Did Andrew Jackson Affect The Economy

Throughout his life and presidency, Andrew Jackson had acceptable ideas but executed them incorrectly. Jackson believed in a government with less power, and strived to achieve this. I believe many of the policies he created and things he set in place had the correct morals behind it, but they now paint Andrew Jackson out to be an unbearable man. Jackson did not care for the opinion of others and ran things for the people and for the great or good of America. One main occurrence where Andrew Jackson had the right intentions with poor implementation was the removal of the Second National Bank. Jackson despised the National Bank and the foreign practices behind it. He knew the exceptional power that it held, and the political/economic control

This is especially evident during the dispute between Jackson and Nicholas Biddle. Jackson refused to give-in and despite the downfall of the economy, he patiently waited until Biddle backed down. This may have had a positive outcome, but Andrew Jackson did not seem mindful enough of the people he cares so deeply about representing. Similarly, another example of Andrew Jackson not executing his ideas in the correct way was the Indian Removal Act. Jackson believed that if the territory belonged to Georgie, then they had the ability to remove the Indians from their land. Jackson thought this way because he was in favor of State Rights, and the court had no reason to be involved. Jackons’ opinions on what should be done with the Indians are proposed in his Message to Congress on December 7, 1829 which includes, “I suggest for your consideration.setting apart an ample district west of the Mississippi, and outside the limits of any state or territory now formed, to be guaranteed to the Indian tribes as long as they shall occupy it.” By this, you can see the intentions behind Jackon’s decision, but in the end, the Indians were removed, this eventually led to the Trail of