Positive And Negative Impacts Of Andrew Jackson's Presidency

Negative and Positive Impacts of Andrew Jacksons Presidency. President Andrew Jackson was elected as President of the United States in 1829. He was a very sympathized man among the lower classes, mostly thanks to him conveying the idea that he too was like the lower class, he also shared stories with many lower class people to make them like him. By campaigning across the United States, he told people his story, and thus, he won the presidential election of 1828. Jackson was the first of the Democratic presidents and his views were quite different from those of the other politicians in his days, but that didn't stop the people of America from adoring him. President Jackson has done quite a lot of things during his presidency, some of them …show more content…
One of them included choosing to veto the National Bank when it went up for renewal. This action has created a lot of controversy, but yet again, Jackson still felt that it was the necessary thing to do. This time, Andrew Jackson was right, in a message explaining the reasoning behind the veto, he says that he vetoed that National Bank because it would only “Make the rich richer and the potent more powerful.” (Doc. 2). This most likely well thought out decision was one well made because it allowed more time for the economy to grow and develop furthermore, so that when the time comes to reopen it, -Which never happened- it would be more fair for the country. Andrew Jackson also mentioned that the “Rich and powerful too often bend the acts of the government to their selfish purposes.” (Doc. 2). What Andrew Jackson was saying is that he felt like the rich and powerful were just using it and it wasn't fair for the rest of the nation, and so he decided to get rid of the National Bank. All together, the choice that President Jackson has made positively impacted the United States by stopping the rich from getting richer, and maybe even them ruling the