Jacksonian CaseEssay Preview: Jacksonian CaseReport this essayDuring the seventeenth century, the way Americans citizens voted for a president was changed. As a result, these changes provided the common man with the right to be heard in the government. For example, all white men had the ability to vote, not just land owners. Unfortunately, in this era, women were not allowed to vote. In 1828, these changes were established by almost all the states and with the support of the American citizens, which helped elect Andrew Jackson.
Jacksons social class started off in the “lower” class, eventually becoming a rich landowner, lawyer and politician. However, Jackson gained popularity in 1812, when he demolished the opponents in the battle of New Orleans. In 1824, Jackson started to apply for president, under the presidency of John Quincy Adams. Furthermore, the Whig party helped oppose Jackson with his own political party. Andrew Jackson challenged the supreme court in Worcester v. Georgia when he said, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.”
From my perspective, if you really looked at all the accomplishments and fails he has done, you would most likely agree with me and say Andrew Jackson has done a excellent job as the president. Unlike Adams, Jackson actually handled business. For example, in his eight year term he used the power to its fullest extent by vetoing twelve bills, while the previous presidents only used the veto nine times. In fact, Jackson was the first to kill the bill at the end of a session of congress by rejecting to sign it, known as the pocket veto. “The kitchen cabinet” explained Jacksons get together with a group of friends to discuss the important matters.
Around the 1820s, Native Americans were considered “savages” were forced to move west because they were in the way of the settlement of the west. In 1830, Jackson created the Indian Removal Act , which provide financial support to move the Indians, however living east of the Mississippi to new reservations on the lands of the Louisiana Purchase. One of the five civilized tribes, know as the Cherokee, provoked this and took it to supreme court, in the early 1830s. However, Andrew Jackson disagreed and took Georgias side daring Marshall to enforce his decision. From my perspective, Jackson was ready to go to war, as long as he felt it was the best for the nation, which distributes Jacksons character.
The Cherokee
Many who have watched the history of Native American history are surprised by the Cherokee. Originally a native culture, as is common, the Cherokee people began as a race of people who lived across the great plains, south of the Mississippi River. They called them a “Indian Tribe,” and while they were mostly white, they made the best of it. The Cherokee people had no children, though many had children at this time. They became a separate unit from the rest of the Cherokee, although some were accepted and others were given names like Cukhtunki (Cotton) or Choctaw, in the name of their ancestors and their children. Some of these names did not seem to fit with their social customs of calling their people “white” while still others were completely different and were used to refer to blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
The Cherokee Indians were a significant tribe in the southern part of the state. They were also considered slaves, being very proud of it. Native Americans, like all other tribes in the United States, were a large society. To their credit, these tribes were more intelligent than other non-Native Americans in the state, having good health, and that they were always learning how to live a life of ease instead of fighting in wars. They didn’t live in poverty but they lived it by going to work. They taught their people of many social and political problems as well as to help them by fighting for their cause against all the enemies threatening their civilization.
History and other parts of History
During the last two decades of the 19th and 20th centuries, as many as 1,200 white people have migrated to the northeast region of the state, along the Mississippi and West Plains in the last 100 years. There is evidence that this migration took place after the Civil War. In 1875 the Cherokee Nation declared themselves to be “a Nation of Indians, which continue to be a part of Canada with an Indian tradition that can speak to their customs, or, more specifically, Indians of many Nations, like their English counterparts.” In 1895, then Governor David Johnston declared these territories of Indians Indians to be in the same category as the rest of Canada. When asked in a question whether the Cherokees should have the power to change the law of the land, of course the Governor replied, “Not at all. In fact…as you say to us, it is only when the government of your people is destroyed by war and a country-state loses its power.” The Governor went on to say that after two American Indian revolts, this was what he called “a great shift of opinion” regarding the future of the Cherokee Nation. The Governor also described Cherokees as “part of the American Indians” (Indian and non-Native people
The Cherokee
Many who have watched the history of Native American history are surprised by the Cherokee. Originally a native culture, as is common, the Cherokee people began as a race of people who lived across the great plains, south of the Mississippi River. They called them a “Indian Tribe,” and while they were mostly white, they made the best of it. The Cherokee people had no children, though many had children at this time. They became a separate unit from the rest of the Cherokee, although some were accepted and others were given names like Cukhtunki (Cotton) or Choctaw, in the name of their ancestors and their children. Some of these names did not seem to fit with their social customs of calling their people “white” while still others were completely different and were used to refer to blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
The Cherokee Indians were a significant tribe in the southern part of the state. They were also considered slaves, being very proud of it. Native Americans, like all other tribes in the United States, were a large society. To their credit, these tribes were more intelligent than other non-Native Americans in the state, having good health, and that they were always learning how to live a life of ease instead of fighting in wars. They didn’t live in poverty but they lived it by going to work. They taught their people of many social and political problems as well as to help them by fighting for their cause against all the enemies threatening their civilization.
History and other parts of History
During the last two decades of the 19th and 20th centuries, as many as 1,200 white people have migrated to the northeast region of the state, along the Mississippi and West Plains in the last 100 years. There is evidence that this migration took place after the Civil War. In 1875 the Cherokee Nation declared themselves to be “a Nation of Indians, which continue to be a part of Canada with an Indian tradition that can speak to their customs, or, more specifically, Indians of many Nations, like their English counterparts.” In 1895, then Governor David Johnston declared these territories of Indians Indians to be in the same category as the rest of Canada. When asked in a question whether the Cherokees should have the power to change the law of the land, of course the Governor replied, “Not at all. In fact…as you say to us, it is only when the government of your people is destroyed by war and a country-state loses its power.” The Governor went on to say that after two American Indian revolts, this was what he called “a great shift of opinion” regarding the future of the Cherokee Nation. The Governor also described Cherokees as “part of the American Indians” (Indian and non-Native people
In conclusion, one of the most controversial presidents of his time, to a certain extent, Jackson did what needed to be done, which made him a successful president. Some people might believe that Jacksons opinions on Indian removal were cruel, but in my opinion, it was one of his greatest achievements.