Nicole T How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Mr. P 12/21/12 Andrew Jackson was the first person from the West to be elected as member of the senate and later a president of United States. He was also a war hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812 against the British. As president he destroyed the charter of the Bank of the United States by abusing his veto power. But the reason the people consider him a "Democratic" is because he granted his supporters‚ friends‚ and illiterate
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To many Andrew Jackson is seen as a villain. He has been described as a murderous racist for the actions he took on the Indians. However‚ despite all his faults Andrew Jackson has done more good than he has harm‚ especially for his country. Andrew Jackson possesses many hero like qualities and many of his actions have reflected that. To many Americans Jackson is a hero because of his actions in the Battle of New Orleans‚ his choice in defending a young woman named Peggy Eaton‚ and his support of
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Jackson would be against Indian Casinos within the State of California. The reason why Jackson would be against Indian Casinos would be because he viewed Indians as incompetent‚ didn’t believe in Indian Sovereignty‚ and firmly believed Indian Reservations were interfering with states’ rights. As a result‚ Jackson viewed Indians as inferior people. Jackson believed whites were more superior than Native Americans. He also believed that Indians were unable to handle their own personal and financial
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Andrew Jackson was a very well-known president. Some know him for the good he’s done‚ some for the bad‚ and some because he is on the twenty dollar bill. Many of us do not know that Jackson lived a very eventful life. During Jackson’s run for president a very personal subject came up about his past that impacted his life immensely. Before Jackson became president he fell in love with the young lady named Rachel Robarb. Although‚ Andrew and Rachel love went against social control‚ (2) during this
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Indian territories. Robert V. Remini points out that Andrew Jackson believed that the only way for Indians to be “protected from certain annihilation” (pg3) was to remove the Native Americans from their land‚ to expel the Indians from their ancient lands. To a majority of the Americans the Indians were inferior to them and that their culture was “a throw back to a darker age” (pg2). Mr. Remini strongly believed that that President Jackson was only trying to protect the Indians from this mentality
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history for presidents and vice-presidents not to get along‚ but it has happened on a few occasions: Adams and Jefferson‚ Kennedy and Johnson‚ and Eisenhower and Nixon are a few examples (Jackson vs. Calhoun-Part 1 1). However‚ the most controversial relationship between president and his assistant was between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun. Their disagreements began very early on in Jackson’s administration‚ and lasted until after the resolution of the Nullification Crisis. Nullification is the refusal
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Many people would classify Andrew Jackson as one of the worst presidents in American history and same may even call him a villain. But I’m here to tell you why he may in fact be a hero. Andrew Jackson was a hero because he was a common man‚ had the Nullification Crisis‚ and expanded suffrage. Andrew Jackson was a common man‚ which pretty much means that he like everyone else. He was born in a log cabin‚ which was very common back then‚ to a poor family. He was self made man that was able to
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Although President Jackson campaigned himself as a “champion of the common man”‚ after his inauguration‚ Jackson passed a series of executive orders in order to expand his presidential power to give more authority to the common man because he was a common man himself and believed the government exhibited too much power over the people. After coming to office in 1829‚ Jackson played a large role in executing the spoils system and the nullification crisis to give more power to the common man by creating
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What citizens were considered The elite should be the only Jackson believed that eligible for office holding? ones ruling. everyone should be able to rule. Believed in a rotation for offices. How were candidates for Groups of the elite class Nominating conventions made president chosen? gathered to nominate nominations. candidates. Economic Saw the yeoman farmer as the Saw farmers and laborers as In what way did Jackson chosen class. the chosen class. expand the concept of the
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Andrew Jackson has been considered the first modern president because‚ he significantly contributed to the expansion of the office‚ he was considered the first popularly elected president‚ and‚ throughout his presidency acted his role as a populist. Jackson’s Presidency was the beginning of the modern presidency‚ one in which the powers that the president holds while in the office of the grew immensely. Jackson was the first President to introduce the spoils system‚ the system in which when a
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