Andrew Jackson's Life And Accomplishments

In our country we have had presidents who have done some incredible things for our society and will forever be remember for such. There have also been presidents who have done things that many Americans wouldn’t agree with. That being said, we as Americans have learned to live with such things and become a better society due to the ups and downs of our presidents. That being said one of the most memorable presidents was the seventh of the United States, Andrew Jackson. He came in to office in March of 1829 and stayed for two terms. He went through a lot in his life and even more in his presidency. Jackson was the only President to be in the Revolutionary war as well as the War of 1812, what an accomplishment! Though, as great of a president as he was there were things that he decided on that took many people’s lives. Such as the War of 1812 or the Indian Removal Act to name a few.
From the time of Thomas Jefferson’s term as president the United States government was trying to encourage Indians to adapt to the ways of the white people living in the United States (Professor Fritz, Lecture 19). Many groups of Indians refused to …show more content…
A Georgia soldier who took part in the expulsion said, "I've seen loads blood and guts in my time, but the removal of the Cherokees was the hardest thing I ever did." Courtesy of Native American Foundation (LazerBeams.com). This was a very critical and heart wrenching time for the people involved and this picture says a million words about the way these people are feeling. There are children starving while sitting in the wagons freezing with nothing to do; women fighting for strength to keep going for their children, some walking with kids others on horseback; and men on the verge of breaking down to do anything to get their families to