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Andrew Jackson: 7th president Born: March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaws, South Carolina Death: June 8,1845 in nashville, Tennessee Political party of the president: Democratic First term: 1829-1833 Inaguration- March 4, 1829 at the capitol in Washington D.C. Vice president: John C.Calhoun Second term: 1833-1837 Inaguration-March 4, 1833 at the house of representitives, Washington D.C. Vice President: Martin Van Buren President Jackson deserves a B- due to his inability to protect the country from the growing debts and the many descisions completed without the approval and agreement of the society. He did however help futher the counrty throuh both expansion west and economic growth. Without this new addition of land to the country we may have created more economic struggles for ourselves and we would have never been able to explore over into the frontier to create a newer civilization apart from all the growing industries. Otherwise known as "old hickory" jackson had many strong political views. Like many other presidents jackson's main goal was to help the common folk. he strived to further the american society and create a better nation. When first inroduced into the presidency, jackson first tackled the federal debt. He managed to drop this total debt but unfortuanly a depression followed shortly after. In order to help out the country's finacial situation, Jackson fought to abolish the national bank.According to him, the bank only made the rich richer, and as a fellow worker he did not wish for that. Jackson worked with the farmers and laborers. He did so by preparing a veto message and removing money from that particular bank to place within many others. This constant veting of the many bills proposed most likely created an uncomfotable psition within congress. Also he thoght on his own behalf and did as he thought to be correct. This may have helped the society as individuals but it also created the many debts that caused the country so much trouble. Jackson was unable to correctly save the public from their many problems. during this time period,The banks had also created bank notes and loans which often times placed the majority of the civilization in debt. This caused the panic of 1837. Of course this was not due directly to jackson's decisions, but he could have created laws or stopped the process before it created the overwelming debt. Another controversial act commited by Jackson was his indian removal act in 1830. This was completed in order to recieve tribal lands of the west that were outside of the US territory. Many disliked this act and considered it cruel, which perhaps it was. But with the completion of this, much new land from the frontier had been added to our growing country. Jackson was able to help our country though. Perhaps his most important involvement during hs presidency was his ending of the nullification crisis within the south by the signing of the compromise tariff. This prevented the south from removing themselves alltogether and seccesion was not followed through with. Overall, Jackson may not have been the best of the presidents and he could have made decisions as a whole with the congress, not based on his own personal standards. But he did allow the US. to expand into the frontier and further its civilizaton which in turn, allowed the society of america to grow and build up its economic and political power within the world.

Smith, Carter. __Presidents, All You Need To Know__. New York: Hylas Publishing, 2004.