Andrew Jackson Exemplification Of Government

Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States began his life in less than ideal conditions. His father died before he was born, and his two brothers and mother died when he was a teen. He served in the American Revolution and was a mounted courier. After the war, he studied law and became a public prosecutor. Jackson settled in Nashville, TN and lost a large majority of his accumulated wealth.
When the war of 1812, occurred, Jackson readily applied to join the army,but was only given the rank of major general in the volunteer army. It was during this war that he earned the nickname ‘Old Hickory’ for his courage and valor in battle. He was then given the rank of major general in the real army for these reasons. He helped in the capture
In 1824, there was pressure for him to run for president because others believed he was the exemplification of the common man. During his first bid for presidency, both him and his rival did not gain enough votes for either candidate to become president. He ran again 1828, as the head of the democratic party, won with a landslide victory. At the start of Jackson’s term, he and his vice president, John C. Calhoun, fought over the proper role of the federal government in fostering national economic development and states' rights. As tensions grew high with him and Calhoun, an issue arose in which South Carolina wished to succeed from the union. He threatened them with military action, but did not follow through on his threat due to a new compromise tariff. Jackson, also fought to make sure that the federal government should have little role in the development of the country. ‘During his first term this belief, combined with his distrust of aristocrats and speculators, convinced him that the federal government charter granting the private Bank of the United States the right to handle all government funds should not be renewed in 1836.’ (O'Brien, Steven G. "Andrew Jackson.") The bank voted to issue a bill in which the bank could recharter, but Jackson stood with his belief and vetoed the bill. After his first term in office, he ran for re-election in 1833, and won another landslide victory, but this time he had Martin Van Buren as his vice president. With his next term in place, he continued that in which he had started, and had his treasury secretary move all of the government deposits out of national banks into smaller banks. The CEO of the bank in his prior term, still fought to keep the nation’s money in his bank. He tried to do this by making interest rates higher and making money scarce. When unemployment occurred, the CEO was forced to back down and granted credit