Most Americans believed Indians had no place in the white republic. Andrew Jackson’s hate toward Indians ran deep. Jackson fought against the Creek in 1813 and the Seminole in 1817, and his reputation and fame depended on in large measured on his firm commitment to get rid of Indians from the states of the South. The 1830 Indian Removal Act and consecutive movement of the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Cherokee tribes of the Southeast satisfied the vision of a white nation and became one
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good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute.” (Andrew Jackson) Even though President Jackson did offer the Cherokees a lot of money, the land is still rightfully the Cherokees which means no matter how much money the U.S. offers to them, they still have sovereignty over the land and decide whether to
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Is it one act of justice or is it being the people’s superior? No, what makes a hero heroic are three specific and important qualities. Andrew Carnegie was a famous philanthropy who donated much of his fortune to the community;, especially towards education. He earned his fortune by adopting the Bessemer process and building a steel mill in Pittsburgh. Andrew Carnegie was a hero because he possessed the three qualities in which makes one a hero: integrity, courage, and a concern for others. One
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Andrew Jackson is known as one of the most influential United States President in history, but his irrational and sporadic behavior makes him ones of the most controversial as well. In Andrew Jackson and the Search for Vindication, James C. Curtis explores Jackson’s life from child hood to presidency and discovers many of his unpredictable actions may have spawned from his troubled upbringing. In this biography Curtis gives great detail of how young Andrew Jackson was raised. He attributes Jackson’s
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Indians and force them to relocate? The man behind all of this is President Andrew Jackson. President Jackson was not the only person in the United States that wanted the Indians removed, but the majority of the people in the southern states also supported this idea. How Jackson and the Southern states enforce the Indian Removal Act and how they forced the Indians out of their native homes and land was just not morally right. Andrew Jackson was elected president in the election of 1828. Jackson was a
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Andrew Jackson did not support/like the US national bank because he said it favored the more wealthy people. So he decides to stop the national bank from working. He does this by annulling the bank's charter. He veto the charter and the bank doesn't get
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Andrew Jackson was the champion of the common men. He was a headstrong democrat. Meaning he believed in more power within the states and a smaller national government. Jackson served as president from March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837. During this time, he vetoed the United States Bank that only benefited the rich. He also gave the people more of a say in voting for the president. Andrew Jackson was a common man and gave the people like him the power they deserve. Andrew Jackson gave the power back
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The differents between Zinn and Foner of the Gilded Age is that Foner gives more details on how the railroad began. The important thing to Foner is that the Statue of Liberty is representing freedom. What is important to Zinn is the economic growth. They have different things that go on in the Gilded Age that is important to them and that they are focused on. Foner explains more about the railroads and how they began. In order for them to build the railroad the way that they wanted to be built is
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Andrew Jackson: Tyrant or Man of the People? Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, is one of the most studied and controversial presidents in United States history. Whether he was a tyrant or a man of the people is one of the most discussed and debated topics by students of history and politics. He was both and neither, depending on one’s perspective. Throughout his presidency, specific political decisions seem to be in conflict with other political decisions, making it
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extremely poor. But, he grew up with more advantages than his two older brothers. His mother, Elizabeth Jackson, struggled to send him to better schools than the common backcountry schools. Andrew was a mischievous kid growing up. He was hot-tempered, and found delight in frightening and bullying other children. Andrew Jackson didn’t have as well of an education as the other boys, but he remained uniformed for most of his life. He refused to take his studies seriously, even though he was bright and can
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