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The Pros And Cons Of Andrew Jackson

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Tyrannical leaders have been present back into the beginning of time, leaders who take full control with absolute power over their people and territory. You’d think that with the changing of times and the advancement of humankind, there would be more civilized ways of ruling. Especially with the creation of the great constitution of the united states of America. This should help the presidents to stray away from a dictatorial and authoritarian rule with the new implication of checks and balances and separation of powers. We think of presidents to be inspirational, promising to make the country great and stronger. You can see the exact opposite in the characteristics and traits of our 7th president Andrew Jackson. He is very controlling over …show more content…

He overstepped the constitution and the judicial party many times during his rule and this causes there to be many issues in the states. He did this many times and overruled the supreme court even if their argument is final. And in the photo from document B, you can see he is stepping on many bills that were passed, and even the constitution. Also, Jackson vetoed any bills and even more than all the presidents before him, and this shows how he was very tyrannical. This further shows how he overstepped the branches of government and saw himself as an all-powerful leader of the United States of America (US Senate: Vetoes). Another thing that Jackson did during his authoritarian rule he used the spoils system and replaced many of his advisers with friends. The spoils system was choosing only people you knew and putting them into governing positions. This was very bad for the nation as this would not help the nation for the better, and would hurt them more than anything. (TCI 14)3 You may have thought that Jackson being so Assertive and Authoritarian helps him to be such a great leader, but his using things such as military force and forgetting the checks and balances doesn’t help him and made him more of a tyrant than a president. For these reasons, this is another reason why Andrew Jackson was a very horrible …show more content…

Jackson even the supreme court did not approve of him removing the natives of their land, he thought could do anything as president and even overrule the checks and balances. This goes along with Jackson's bad approach to governing and he completely overpowers all of his peers and believes himself to be all-powerful. Next, the Native Americans didn't do anything to be kicked off the land that they were born on and their ancestors are buried, and Jackson completely invalidated their opinions and moved them all in a matter of 4 months, walking 800 miles to their new home. (Document G) This was very cruel for Jackson to do this as they had been there for hundreds or thousands of years and their ancestors were all there on their sacred land. But, Jackson Completely did not care about the Native Americans and used great military force when the deadline was reaching for the “Trail of Tears” to end. In the end Andrew Jackson because of his force killed over 4000 Native Americans on the journey. This was very cruel for Jackson to do, especially killing this many people on the journey. On top of his killing them, it was very inhumane for him to make them walk this distance and not even give them any help along the treacherous journey. You might have thought that this was all for the better for the states and expanding the new nation, but it was uncalled for him to force

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President Andrew Jackson was not a good leader. I say this because he was unfair. President Jackson Signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Indian Removal act was started because people in Georgia wanted to expand their land to the South so they could plant more crops. By doing this the Indians were forced to move out of there land.

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Most people think he was cruel for creating the Indian removal act but he was only trying to expand america. Jackson’s plan was to move the Indians out so he can expand the U.S. border to the mississippi. Jackson even gave them their own to move to. Jackson said it would help the natives because it would separate them from white settlers. It would also make them free from the power of the state.

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Jesse Yavner President Andrew Jackson is guilty of violating laws, treaties, and Supreme Court orders in his dealings with Native Americans. Jackson used violent tactics to remove the Native Americans from his land, which is unconstitutional and violated many laws and treaties. In addition, Jackson disregarded supreme court orders, resulting in the deaths of many Native Americans. Jackson’s concept of democracy did not extend to the American Indians whatsoever; He agreed with the citizens who were impatient to take the land held by the Native Americans. In his mind, the solution to this was to pressure the Native Americans to leave their traditional homelands and resettle west of the Mississippi River.

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This shows that Jackson was an autocratic leader. He followed the patronage and exercised power. This is also shown in the Spoils System document 3. Jackson appointed Samuel Swartwout to the office. However, Van Buren knew that Swartout had criminal tendencies.

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Because of these infringements on the rights of the people, Andrew Jackson was not a champion of the common man; the nickname “King Andrew,” from his opponents was accurate. When he was elected president, Andrew Jackson felt that he needed to remove John Quincy Adams’ appointees from office. To him, the clear answer was to replace them with his own followers and friends, creating a government where only one political party was effectively represented by presidential appointments. This use of the spoils system put people who were not qualified in powerful positions simply as a reward for supporting Jackson. He also had thirteen unofficial members in his cabinet to advise him.

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The United States Supreme Court said the land belonged to the Indians. Andrew Jackson was the only president in the history of the United States to openly defy a Supreme Court order. Jackson is said to have exclaimed “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” (Foner, 303) Andrew Jackson disregarded the Supreme Court ruling and forced the Native Americans to move westward. The Trail of Tears is one of Jackson’s most infamous legacies (Warshauer, Matthew).

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Jackson shut out the Indians from states that what lead to the event “Trail of Tears”. The Trail of Tears would be his lowest point in the presidency. Even though the Five Civilized Tribe adopted American culture, speaking English, and try to become more “American”, but Andrew Jackson still did not want to accept them as a part of American people. He defended his policy as he proclaimed that Indians were a major problem for state sovereignty and obstacles to white

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In conclusion, there is much evidence to support the idea that Andrew Jackson was a tyrant and vastly abused his power in presidency. Jackson was a cruel ruler for his actions, some including the Indian Removal Act, his overuse of vetoing, and his temper and personality. Overall he was just not right for the position of a political

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Although this act was harsh, to some it overshadows the good that Jackson did. In the source: Letter from Elias Boudinot, Cherokee Indian, Elias says, “Removal, then, is the only remedy, the only practical remedy. Our people may finally rise from their very ashes, to become prosperous and happy, and a credit to our race.” The quote is from a Cherokee Indian agreeing that the removal might be the best thing for the Native Americans. Andrew Jackson is a hero because he worked to bring more democracy to the

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One of the biggest thing that Jackson had done as a president was in 1832. Jackson vetoed a bill that would renew the second bank charter early. Jackson stated “I will kill it!”. He said this because he didn’t like the bank at all and he believed that it made the rich richer and the poor poorer. He said in his veto message “It is easy to conceive that great evils to our country and its institutions might flow from such a concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people.”

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And In 1830 he signed off on the Indian Removal Act. Which was the act to exchange Native American Land for Land out west. But this act was only stating that they would negotiate with the Native Americans. They could not move them by force or persuasion. But Andrew Jackson and his government did not listen to these rules and frequently bypassed the law by forcing Native Americans to move from the land the Native Americans had lived on long before the Americans.

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Although Andrew Jackson ended up killing people, he was doing what he thought was best for the nation. Even though Jackson tried giving the Native Americans land elsewhere, they fought back, causing the Seminole wars and the trail of tears. Though Jackson had commendable intention multitudes of Native people were killed along with the culture. “[Forced] removal of 20,000 Cherokee from their ancestral lands”1 was probably one of the worst decisions Andrew Jackson could have enforced. Evaluating Andrew Jackson’s decisions we can try and get inside his mind, figuring out why he made the choices he did and what ethical backing he had behind it all.

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Andrew Jackson’s sentiment towards the Native Americans was certainly not a kind one. Manifest destiny was a popular belief among Americans, including Jackson, and he would go to the extent of forcing Native Americans out of their homes to reach their “ordained goal”. He believed in the expansion of southern slavery which is why he pushed for removing the Indians west of the Mississippi, which makes it the more disgraceful. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 said that it will allow American government to offer in-state territories to the Indian’s for their western land. This wasn’t the case when the U.S. went in and drove the Indians out by force.

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Jackson ignored the Supreme Court. He continued forcing indians out the west. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears. One-fourth of indians died from this journey. Just because Jackson was put on the $20 bill doesn’t mean he did not do bad things.

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Andrew Jackson disobeyed a direct order from the Supreme Court, which it means he was above the law. I really wonder how Americans tolerated him, at that time, he was cruel to the Indian common man. Because of him, the Native Americans have the worst end of the Trail of Tears. They are the ones who are forced out of their traditional homes and sent away on a journey of pain and death. Those who had fallen ill, most of the time died, and those who had the will to move on were able to make it to the end and start new lives.

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