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. Document seven was a bar graph that showed that the number of slaves increased dramatically during his lifetime. The number of slave holding increased by 150%. According to the document, the most slaves were owned during his presidency. This goes to show that sense President Jackson owned slaves that he acted like a king. A king had other people to do work for them and that is the main purpose for owning slaves. In class we learned that Andrew Jackson owned a 425-acre cotton plantation. The slaves worked on the cotton plantation so Jackson did not have to do any of the labor that was required for
