Reasons For Andrew Jackson Dbq

There are many who are against Andrew Jackson because he is a hypocrite. An example of this is how Jackson states he is against slavery but still owned slaves. One has to understand that America was founded on hypocrisy. Essentially what Jackson is trying to do is to make compromises on situations so he can support both sides of an argument to represent as many people as possible.

This quote by Jackson underlies the fact the he was a selfish, tyrannical ruler. He did not make decisions based on the interests of the whole nation but on his own personal benefit, in search of self- achievement. Although he was portrayed or possibly manipulated the citizens to believe that he was a president for the common man, that was simply not the way he acted. As president, he purposely ignored the power of the Judicial branch to judge laws, and strengthened the power of the Executive branch above the limits in the Constitution. He was also said to be rude and uneducated, which

The Jacksonians viewed themselves as guardians of equal economic opportunity; this was somewhat true. By killing the Bank, Jackson did indeed spread equal economic opportunity by taking away privileges from the wealthy classes.  Harriet Martineau recalled “the absence of poverty, of gross ignorance, of all servility, of all insolence” and that “every man in the towns an independent citizen; every man in the country a landowner.” (doc. D). This quote showed the newly available equal economic opportunities that Jackson helped to bring about. Another person who believed that there were more economic opportunities was Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. He felt that the Supreme Court case of Charles River Bridge vs. Warren Bridge in 1837 helped spread equal economic opportunity (doc. H). This case prohibited the Charles River Bridge company from establishing a monopoly over the bridges in that area. However, the “The Working Men’s Declaration of Independence” showed that some men believed that the government was not promoting equal economic opportunity. This document reestablished that fact that the commoners could reform and bring changes to the government should it fail to protect “certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (doc. A).

Andrew Jackson has gone down as one of the best presidents in United States history and that’s because he did many great things to improve the United States. Throughout his presidency he constantly abused his power as the president and did many things that expanded the powers of the president. One of the biggest things that President Jackson did while in office was pass the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was when Jackson forced all the Indians to move to the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, while the Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional. Many of the Indians went peacefully, but many of the Indians also decided to protest and take it to the Supreme Court (Darrenkamp). While the court did side with the Indians Jackson and Congress forced the Indians to give up their land. The federal troops were called in to escort the Indians to their new land. Fifteen thousand Indians were forced to move and while on their way about a third of the Indians died, and this event became to be known as the Trail of Tears (Darrenkamp). Jackson had

With the dissipating property qualifications, Jackson did little to help others who needed rights for which the Constitution was created. “We hold these truths self evident that all men are created equal” (Doc. A). Yes, it does say all men, but Jackson did nothing to help men who needed it the most. He did not help men such as blacks and native americans and did nothing about women's rights. During his presidency, women were petitioning for rights and jobs besides factory workers, stay at home mothers, and school teachers and yet he did nothing about it. Also, he did not help workers who wanted labor unions. Instead, he stated that the employer has full control over them and that it was illegal to form labor unions. Then there is the slavery issue which no president had yet

Andrew Jackson supported government equality. In Andrew Jackson’s letter to Congress, he said, “...no one man has any more… right to (government jobs) than another…”(Document 6). This shows that Jackson wanted every man to have an equal opportunity to hold

In conclusion, Andrew Jackson violated many laws and caused countless deaths, he has proved to

There are many different views of Jacksonian's being guardians of individual liberties. Andrew Jackson gave white males a much greater opportunity for expansion. Jackson was a true believer of Western expansion, and Indian removal, something that would get him much criticism from historians today. He believed that both were a necessity for white expansion and American prosperity. Jackson still did not try to help women, Indians, or African Americans, both slave and free to have any actual rights. Even so you can still make the argument that he was still a guardian of individual liberties, since they rarely had any rights previously as it was. He was a keeper of liberties to those white males who were the only ones allowed specialized liberties.

After John Quincy Adams had become president, Jackson promised the people when he became president, he would give them a voice and reduce the power of the central government. However, when he was elected, he went and created the “Jacksonian Democracy.” This new way of government, his way, supposedly placed the will of the people above all else, but Jackson still wanted to be very powerful as a president. Jackson was obviously hungry for power, placing himself above the people, breaking his promises and using the people’s want for freedom to win them over. As depicted in document C, the people began seeing this side of him too, illustrating him as “King Jackson.” Above the the picture in document C, the caption “Born to Command” was written, and below it read “King Andrew the First.” This picture

It is clear from the documents that Andrew Jackson acted like a king. One reason that Andrew Jackson acted like a king was because he owned a lot of slaves. Document 7 shows that he owned a lot of slaves. In between the years 1794 and 1830 he owned slaves. But his numbers were the biggest in between 1829 and 1837. But he was the President in 1829. That shows he got more slaves when he was president. That means when he should have been doing stuff for our country he was getting more slaves to do work for him. Mr. Moore taught us Andrew Jackson owned over 300 slaves. That shows he acted like a king because he had people to work for him. He did not need slaves, he should have been focused on what was going on in our country and try to help it.

After being warned about his “criminal tendencies”, Jackson refused to listen and hired Swartwout because he was an early supporter. Rather than appointing someone worthy of the job, Jackson gave it to Swartwout because he was a supporter, this was selfish and unfair to worthy candidates for the job. “ No one man has any more… right to(government jobs) than another”(Jackson). This quote from Andrew Jackson shows that he preached equality instead he used government power selfishly. Furthermore, Andrew Jackson closed the second national bank because it was owned by the richest class. He did this in hopes to inflame the poor against the rich. This unreasonably attacks the richest class of men. Closing the bank, made it hard for those people who relied on the bank to support their

In addition, despite insisting that he was a champion of the people, he consistently attempted to increase his executive power over the other two branches of the government. He rejected Congress, the direct representation of our citizens, saying that they did not truly represent the people. He imposed unprecedented tariffs and attempted to invade states when they protested, despite previously campaigning for states’ rights. In addition, although the people on his campaign did an amazing job painting him as a simple-minded poor frontiersman, Jackson was actually one of the richest men in America at the

Jackson thought that no one man has any more right to a government job than another. This shows that Andrew Jackson did care about people having an equal and fair chance in trying to help make a difference by giving them a job in government so that their voice could be heard and not silenced by people who think that

It is clear from the documents that Andrew Jackson acted like a king. One reason that Andrew Jackson acted like a king was because he owned slaves throughout his lifetime. Document 7 states that he owned the most slaves when he was president. He acted like a king because you can not own the common man if you are the common man. This means that if Andrew Jackson was the hero of the common man, he would not be able to own slaves.

Mr. Moore had taught us that Andrew Jackson had fired many people in the government office. This shows that President Jackson was not thinking about the