To What Extent Was Andrew Jackson A Hero Or Villain?

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It’s time to answer one of the most commonly asked questions in American History. Was Andrew Jackson a hero or a villain, and is it just to remove him from the 20 dollar bill. Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States of America. He was the first “self made president”, which means that he didn’t grow up in wealth or power. Andrew Jackson had a very fiery personality, and was a hothead who got angry extremely quickly. Jackson became a general in the army, and gained his first glimpse of fame at the Battle of New Orleans, when he completely obliterated the British, ultimately gaining respect for the US. Andrew Jackson promised he would give a voice to the common people who weren’t rich. Andrew Jackson should be removed from the twenty dollar bill because he forced Natives out of their land, abolished the national banking system, and changed the landscape of American government and politics. …show more content…

“Brutal weather along the way claimed thousands of Cherokee lives. Their forced journey west became known to the Cherokee people as the Trail Where They cried”(Appleby, 2016). This quote displays the conditions, and brutality of Jackson’s deportation of Natives. It says how apprehensive the Indians were to move, and how many died being removed. This shows how Jackson did not care about the lives of innocent Indians. Although the US was rapidly expanding, he had no right to take land from helpless Natives. The Indians had done nothing wrong, yet still Jackson ruthlessly extracted them from their own land. Consequently, thousands of them died whilst moving west, because of the destitute conditions that Jackson had put upon