ANDREW JACKSON AS PRESIDENT "Every good citizen makes his county’s honor his own‚ and cherishes it not only as precious but sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protections while he gives it." This quote by Andrew Jackson reflects his views as a president‚ military leader‚ and American citizen. He was the seventh president of the United States. He was born on March 15‚1767 in North Carolina and died on June 8‚1845 in Nashville‚ Tennessee. Over his
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few reasons Andrew Jackson could be considered a good president. Comparatively‚ there are many reasons he could be considered a poor president. He caused many native american tribes to leave their homeland. He also indirectly caused a depression of the US economy. Andrew Jackson is quoted as saying‚ “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” This was referring to the court case known as Worcester vs Georgia in which supreme court justice John Marshall ruled that it was unconstitutional
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Was Andrew Jackson a good president? Unlike presidents before Jackson‚ he was born poor and had to work extremely hard to get to where he did. He taught himself to read and write and put himself through law school. Some people will blacken his name but there are reasons as to why they do this. Jackson‚ I feel‚ seemed to handle things in an extreme manner. One example of an extreme manner is the forced relocation of Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi in 1838; known as the
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A great president is someone who is a strong leader‚ makes choices that will change the country for the better‚ and does what is best for the good of all the people. Some people would consider Andrew Jackson to be a great president because he did things such as revolutionizing presidential campaigning‚ which made him the first modern president‚ and using his presidential power to veto bills that he saw unfit or harmful. Others would argue that Andrew Jackson was a terrible president because he enforced
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Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. From South Carolina‚ he was a bold man‚ fighting in the U.S Revolutionary War at age 12. His ambition later led him to politics‚ where he eventually became the president of the United States. As president‚ Jackson did many controversial things‚ but was admired by many of the common citizens of the country. While his morals are questionable‚ overall Jackson was an effective president‚ and benefited the country with his ideas of the Union
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He was a slaveholding Southerner‚ who halted an early endeavor at withdrawing from the Association. He was a champion of the "normal man‚" insofar as that regular man was white. Furthermore‚ his face is found on the $20 charge‚ despite the fact that he caused Indian Evacuation and the Trail of Tears - after the Incomparable Court had ruled it unlawful. His name was Andrew Jackson‚ and he was one of the hardest child of-a-firearm presidents that this nation has ever created. His administration was
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President Andrew Jackson should be removed completely from the twenty dollar bill. Jackson created disorder in the economy and government. Who wants a man that forces natives out of their homeland because he believes they are the ones bothering him? Jackson thinks only for himself and not others. The bank was not closing when he wanted it to close‚ so he took it into his own hands to close it himself. In result‚ the economy was destroyed for many years until it began to recover. Jackson is the type
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"Horrible President‚" the first two words you read are Andrew Jackson. His bad decisions surely outweighed his good by an unknown scale. Put together his violent‚ forceful attitude with his inability to let things go and you’ve got a terrible match. People say your actions define who a person is‚ and his moves as the lead of our country certainly defined him. Jackson’s first mistake was turning a part of our country against us! By raising tariffs the British trade went down. The South was forced
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President Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson helped to provide for a strong protection of popular democracy and individual liberty to the United States. Andrew Jackson known as the people’s president held a strong emotion in the states right’s which advocated to the increase of executive power. President Andrew Jackson was good for his country‚ because he provided certain decisions that helped form America into a better place than where it was before. President Andrew Jackson showed significant positives
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Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was a popular president for the time he was alive. He had done some very good things but he also had done some very bad things as well. He was just doing what he thought was best for the country. Despite the bad things he had done he was a good president that did what he thought was best. Just a few weeks before Jackson was born his father had died‚ leaving his mother alone to raise three children. He was born on March 15‚ 1767 in Waxhaw. Life was difficult for him
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