Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United states, was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaw settlement on the western frontier of South Carolina. Jackson was orphaned at the age of 14 and was brought up by his uncle.

Jackson was born into a poor family. When his parents died, he went to live with his Uncle, who was a wealthy slave and land owner. As a result, Jackson moved among wealthy people and property owners, who monopolized the prestige and political influence in the back country. So now he could see what the different lives between the rich and the poor, he became really popular by the common people and also was considered part of the political movement and he led what was know as the Jacksonian Democracy. He could see that the wealthywere huge land owners or industrialized families, and the poor families were small farmers.

Jackson was the type who wanted the land to be all American. Dealing with the Native American policy, he forcibly removed southern tribes from lands guaranteed then by federal treaties and the United States Supreme Court decisions. Doing this gave him great power and ledthe United States to a bigger nation, but what does that say about the United States words. Because of them, the Indians could not trust them any more.

Jackson was also against slavery. Even Modern historians observe that Jackson was a large slave owner and that his party was the enemy of free blacks and their rights. He was so against African Americans, they denied anti-slavery pamphlets in the United States Postal Service. I think the reason that he liked slavery so much was because that his Uncle was a large slave owner andhe found that they are very useful and could help make money a whole lot faster and cheaper then regular labor. If Jackson was against slavery, I feel that the Slavery issue would have ended a lot faster then it did in the American History.

Jackson did do a lot for the country and also made the common people feel like they have a place in today society. If it was just rich people running the country, the rich people would do just what was good for them and not for everyone. That way, the poor people have a chance in the society that was so hard to control. Slavery was not cooled down during his presidency, but it did not get worse at least. Jackson showed a strong presidency during his term and lead America in a good direction to follow. Sometimes America needs a change in Rich vs Poor presidents.

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