Andrew Jackson had an influence on nineteenth-century American Politics and that influence still reigns today. Jackson’s political views were in some ways considered controversial. He was for democracy and the people having the power, he felt strongly that the national bank should be eradicated, and he was for the Indian Removal and keeping the U.S. citizens safe. These would have been considered controversial because some of the political decisions he would make had could have more than one interpretation or more than one way to view them. This made them debatable to many people of the United States. Andrew Jackson was very much for the idea of democracy. He was all for the people having the power in their hands and this was proven by the
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However, this subject was quite controversial because people agreed that he was looking out for the safety of the people, but some say that he never once considered the well being of the Indian People. In a letter to congress Jackson writes, “Humanity and national honor demand that every efforts should be made to avert so great a calamity.” Before Jackson wrote this he wrote about how the Indians were forced to move around a lot and about how some of the tribes were being over run anyway, so in this statement I think Jackson was trying the convey that to stop any disaster, or calamity, from happening, every effort should be made to remove the indians. In another document the Natives talk about the negatives of the Trail of Tears and one statement they make is, “But if we are compelled to leave our country, we see nothing but ruin before us.” That being said this is significant because it shows that the indians did this unwillingly and that when the decision was made about their removal no one including Jackson thought or seemed to cared about what truly lied ahead for them. In conclusion, Andrew Jackson was for the safety of the people, and he felt that the Natives were a threat, therefore he was for the Indian
However, this subject was quite controversial because people agreed that he was looking out for the safety of the people, but some say that he never once considered the well being of the Indian People. In a letter to congress Jackson writes, “Humanity and national honor demand that every efforts should be made to avert so great a calamity.” Before Jackson wrote this he wrote about how the Indians were forced to move around a lot and about how some of the tribes were being over run anyway, so in this statement I think Jackson was trying the convey that to stop any disaster, or calamity, from happening, every effort should be made to remove the indians. In another document the Natives talk about the negatives of the Trail of Tears and one statement they make is, “But if we are compelled to leave our country, we see nothing but ruin before us.” That being said this is significant because it shows that the indians did this unwillingly and that when the decision was made about their removal no one including Jackson thought or seemed to cared about what truly lied ahead for them. In conclusion, Andrew Jackson was for the safety of the people, and he felt that the Natives were a threat, therefore he was for the Indian