Andrew Jackson was born into a tumultuous period of American history. Over the course of his career in the military which spanned from the Revolutionary war to the First Seminole War and his full-time pursuit of politics, Andrew Jackson was the most influential US president since Thomas Jefferson and wouldn’t be match until Abraham Lincoln. Jackson’s presidency was devoted to keeping the Union held together and the removal of Indians from their lands east of the Mississippi. For each problem that Jackson confronted, he stood his ground and faced with the same kind of discipline and perseverance that made him a hero during his military campaigns. War of 1812 During the early years of the war of 1812, the US was being overwhelmed at every corner. …show more content…
Crawford. Despite having a popular vote, Jackson didn’t acquire the presidency due to the “corrupt bargain”, involving Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. The corrupt dealings of Henry Clay led to a deep animosity between Clay and Jackson, one which lasted until the day he died. Jackson was quoted saying, “I didn’t shoot Henry Clay and I didn’t hang John C. Calhoun” when he was reflecting on his regrets after the presidency. However, the loss of the 1824 elections did have unintended benefits for Jackson. It gave him even greater notoriety, and it left an impression with the people. Jackson would later capitalize on both of these elements in order to with the 1828 …show more content…
The Secession crisis was a conflict of imported goods from Europe. The tariff came to be because of European manufacturers trading goods to American consumers at price levels that were unmatchable by most northern manufacturers. The tariff of 1828 was detrimental to the south because if decreased imports and exports between British and American manufacturers in the south, while doing little to trade in the north. Conflicts over the tariff eventually led to the Secession crisis. The crisis was between South Carolina and the rest of the Union. John C. Calhoun, a south carolina man himself, believed that his state should be allowed to nullify a tariff if said tariff was in his state's best interest. Jackson disagreed and eventually the conflict reached a terminal mass. South Carolina threatened the ceede from the Union, and Jackson responded by threatening military action against the state through the Force bill. At long last, South Carolina backed down and rescinded its threat of secession. Such an event wouldn’t take place until the eventual break from the Union by 9 southern states during the 1860s. Despite the threat of dissolution within the Union, Jackson’s presidency was rocked by the Bank veto and the Panic of 1837. Jackson believed that banks served only “to the rich richer and the potent more powerful." Jackson believed the bank to be corrupt and when the time came to renew the Second