How Did Andrew Jackson Changed America

The election of 1828 changed America for the worst when Andrew Jackson was elected. Before Jackson became a president, he grew up like any other fatherless child. Him being fatherless and not having any male figures in his life, Jackson grew to be a very harmful man. Jackson was an evil, manipulative human being that created the spoils system. Jackson acted as a unpretentious dictator when he forced the Native Americans out of their original territory. Over-using his power to veto, Jackson destroyed the Second Bank, and many American lives. America’s seventh president, Andrew Jackson, wrecked America.

One of Jackson’s many wrong choices was firing a dozen staff members who have been there since the time of George Washington. The cartoon where Jackson is riding the pig showed
Jackson evicted all of the Native Americans out of their homes, the process was done forcefully and it was unconstitutional. A first hand account from Private John G. Burnett gave America a slight taste of how horrifying Jackson’s decisions were. From Burnett’s passage reading “I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes.and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades”(Doc G). This proved the point Jackson was beyond inconsiderate of anyone besides himself. Before Jackson even began the Indian Removal Act, he tried to get his idea passed. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Native Americans. Jackson made five of the Indian tribes march west because white settlers found gold in the North, where the Indians resided. Five of the Native American tribes were impacted; they were, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and the Cherokee. The Cherokee tribe was the only tribe to fight the eviction. While marching, one our of every four Cherokees died on the Trail of Tears. Jackson made his name hated even more by the Native Americans by adopting a Creek Indian