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Why Was Andrew Jackson A Good King

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Andrew Jackson was more of a king for several reasons. First, the Indian removal act, because he went against the supreme court's ruling. Second, the Spoils System, how we went against congress and still with drawed the federal funds from the treasury. Finally, the Nullification Crisis and Compromise, the way he did not want the states to have the same type of power as the government. First, The indian removal act was to move the indian tribes that were occupying land onto western reservations. The indian tribes tried to go to court to fight against the act using the government. The supreme court agreed with the indians, that they did not have to move, but President Jackson made them move anyway because he believed that the supreme court could not support its ruling. President Jackson went against the Supreme Court so that he could sell the land for more money after the indians were relocated. The evidence in this paragraph was taken from the document “President Jackson and Indian Removal.” Secondly, the Spoils System was about President Jackson’s “Pet Banks” and going against Congress to take the federal funds out of the treasury. President Jackson did not like the national banks system …show more content…

The Nullification act was passed to help the states decide if the laws made by the government were constitutional and if they needed to follow them. If the law was found unconstitutional by the state or if it “hurt” the state in an way, the state could nullify it. This shows that he feared the states having equal power to the government and country as a whole, because if he passed a law that was truly unconstitutional, then the states would not have to follow it. In result to this, the compromise of 1833 was created. “Jackson’s Economic Issues” was the document used for the information of this

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