Andrew Jackson? help...?

Question

was he one of the most inflential and popular presidents of all times?

Answer 1

Andrew Jackson was a paradox. While generally popular with the people, he was more than anything else someone who would not allow anyone to get in his way for what he wanted. For example he began a federal road building project although this was view by many of the time as a State Constitutional power. When the United States supreme Court supported the Cherokee Indians in two cases, President Jackson refuse to follow the court to step in and protect them and this eventually led to the “Trail of Tears.”
More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man.
Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel.
Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion, the Hermitage, near Nashville. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate. A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans.
In 1824 some state political factions rallied around Jackson; by 1828 enough had joined "Old Hickory" to win numerous state elections and control of the Federal administration in Washington.
In his first Annual Message to Congress, Jackson recommended eliminating the Electoral College. He also tried to democratize Federal office-holding. Already state machines were being built on patronage, and a New York Senator openly proclaimed "that to the victors belong the spoils. . . . "
Jackson took a milder view. Decrying officeholders who seemed to enjoy life tenure, he believed Government duties could be "so plain and simple" that offices should rotate among deserving applicants.
As national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party--the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson; and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him.
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and other Whig leaders proclaimed themselves defenders of popular liberties against the usurpation of Jackson. Hostile cartoonists portrayed him as King Andrew I.
Behind their accusations lay the fact that Jackson, unlike previous Presidents, did not defer to Congress in policy-making but used his power of the veto and his party leadership to assume command.
The greatest party battle centered around the Second Bank of the United States, a private corporation but virtually a Government-sponsored monopoly. When Jackson appeared hostile toward it, the Bank threw its power against him.
Clay and Webster, who had acted as attorneys for the Bank, led the fight for its recharter in Congress. "The bank," Jackson told Martin Van Buren, "is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!" Jackson, in vetoing the recharter bill, charged the Bank with undue economic privilege.
His views won approval from the American electorate; in 1832 he polled more than 56 percent of the popular vote and almost five times as many electoral votes as Clay.
Jackson met head-on the challenge of John C. Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff.
When South Carolina undertook to nullify the tariff, Jackson ordered armed forces to Charleston and privately threatened to hang Calhoun. Violence seemed imminent until Clay negotiated a compromise: tariffs were lowered and South Carolina dropped nullification. However, President Jackson’s opposition to States Rights could be said to contribute to the path leading to civil war nearly 30 years later.
In January of 1832, while the President was dining with friends at the White House, someone whispered to him that the Senate had rejected the nomination of Martin Van Buren as Minister to England. Jackson jumped to his feet and exclaimed, "By the Eternal! I'll smash them!" So he did. His favorite, Van Buren, became Vice President, and succeeded to the Presidency when "Old Hickory" retired to the Hermitage, where he died in June 1845.

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson

Answer 3

Yes he was one of the most poplular and inflential presidents ever. Ever since the battle of new orleans in 1812 where he slaughters the british.He became a dominant ploitical force in the 20's and 30's

Answer 4

His political policies were not that important as far as nation building and being inventive, He was however a war hero, who was immensely popular and lead a very interesting life. Sp popular I would say yes , influential on the shaping of our nation I say no. You should read about him a bit seriously. I think you will find it interesting. Even if you just go to wikapedia I think you would learn some interesting details about him.

Answer 5

Its a matter of opinion, Lots of people threw mud on his name because his wife Racgel was not fully divorced before he married her. She had been led to believe the divorce was final. I admire Jackson he was a war hero and spoke his mind. There are I believe men who were more influencial Like Theodor and Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson too

Answer 6

I was going to answer, but Randy, who answered above me gave a better answer. Randy needs to get the best answer for this one.

Answer 7

http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/bio/public/jackson.htm

Answer 8

no not really there was somethings that he did that were not very popular like having his friends be his advisers.

Answer 9

yea he was the 7th president, he was both democrate and republican