Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and John Quincy Adams were among the most notable figures to run for the executive seat for the United States in 1824. In this election, Andrew Jackson won most electoral votes, but no candidate received the majority, so it was up to the House of Representatives in order to decide who was to become President. As a representative of Kentucky, Henry Clay made the controversial decision to go against the instructions of his state’s legislature and voted for Adams. He claimed that he could not “contribute to the election of a military chieftain”1. The term ‘military chieftain’ really caused bad blood between Clay and Jackson. Indeed, Jackson was an important figure in the War of 1812. As a Major General, He took offense to term and questions: “are all our brave men in war, who go forth to defend their rights, and the rights of their, and the rights of their …show more content…
Jackson in general is unfavorable to the idea that foreign stockholders will not be reported to the secretary of treasury, therefore they will not be taxed and subsequently be worth more than their American stockholder counterparts.But most of all, Jackson highly opposes the federal bank because it violates the ideals the country was made of. Those ideals of equality, are not present in the proposition. In the following quote by Jackson, it is evident that he opposes the new charter because the bank has personnel he deems to have special interests. “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” 3. It is clear that Jackson saw corruption and loopholes in the proposed charter for the federal bank. He despises those who believe they are too big for the law and those who think they are invincible. He saw too much possibility for injustice in the proposed charter. It is evident that he kept the working man in mind during this
First, it gave incorporated state banks better note redemption rights than those accorded to ordinary Americans and thereby created “a bond of union among the banking establishments of the nation, erecting them into an interest separate from that of the people.” Second, it exempted foreign stockholders from taxation but contained a clause that would allow states to tax resident stockholders. The effect of the differential taxation, Jackson believed, would drive most of the stock overseas and thus “make the American people debtors to aliens in nearly the whole amount due to this bank, and send across the Atlantic from two to five millions of specie every year to pay the bank dividends.” Because foreigners could not vote in corporate elections, the Bank would fall under the control of its few remaining citizen stockholders. “It is easy to conceive,” Jackson argued, “that great evils to our country and its institutions” would result “from such a concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the
He said that one fourth was used by the foreigners. The reason why he destroyed the bank was because it was neither good nor beneficial to the common people, and he was also trying to “protect” them. Daniel Webster, in reply, said that the whole point for the veto was because Jackson was trying to rally the poor against the rich. (DOC 5) Andrew Jackson abused the spoils system. The spoil system led to injustices in the political power.
The first reason why jackson was not a champion of democracy because of his veto on the national bank. In Daniel Webster's Reply to Jackson’s Bank Veto Message it states “It raises a cry that liberty is in danger…”. This quote is showing us that Daniel webster thought that Jackson was putting liberty in jeopardy. If
"Clay felt Adams was his only reasonable choice. " Clay never gave Jackson a chance and now Jackson has become one of the greatest presidents even compared to George Washington. The states believed they
In Jackson's Bank Veto Message, he states that his principal reason for his veto was that he wanted to prevent the existence of monopolies. This is a fine reasoning that also goes along with is political views. The objection to this is that he was warned on how it would be detrimental to the United States economy but still went through with it. It cannot be overlooked that he had to fire two different secretaries until he finally appointed a close friend to agree with him. This is an obvious abuse of power, seeing as he fired two people simply for telling him that his idea would not work.
Group 1: Andrew Jackson: He became a national war hero after defeating the British in New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson was also elected the seventh president of the United States. Andrew Jackson is significant because of his help to protect America and helped defeat the British. Andrew Jackson was a huge contributing factor of Indian removal. Trail of Tears: In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate.
In what many have called the dirtiest presidential race ever, Andrew Jackson ruled over John Quincy Adams in the race of 1828. Without precedent for a political crusade, the fundamental concentration was to defame the notoriety of the rival. Issues appeared to be neglected for individual assaults upon the person. The times of remaining for office and staying quiet towards the American open before races occurred were over. The decision of 1828 concentrated on affront, verbally abusing, and irritating between the applicants and their gatherings.
Since Jackson went through a lot of hardships to take down the bank. He was criticized, thought of as a bad President, but no one likes every president. Even though Andrew Jackson thought the bank should be controlled by elected officials not handed down by generations of family. This was not the only reason people did not like him, he was also criticized for creating the spoil
Andrew Jackson – An Unstoppable Man Jackson’s administration was marked by his character of an unstoppable man, which was known “the Age of Jackson”. Understanding the power of the presidency that could exert among the nation, he achieved his goals by using all the resources as a president could exert. Jackson with no connection or blood with the founding father push the presidency to be the center of the government, which was his ideals, also impel the Congress to exercise power to achieve his goals. Supporters and opponents saw him as a clever and evil at the same time. The most important achievement of his administration was the Indian Removal Act passed by the Congress 1830, which the legislation caused many controversies in the nation.
The People’s President The 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson opened many doors to having a pristine nation. As the peoples president, he had many premeditated concepts that he was meticulous to complete. When the name Andrew Jackson comes up most people think of all the citizen that were killed while he was in office. But, just think about what the United States be like without all of the failures and achievements that Jackson endured in his lifetime.
He disliked the bank so much that he moved all the money to all the state banks he created. In document J, it shows Jackson standing a the constitution which is ripped up to shreds. When you walk all over something you are taking advantage of it and abusing its power and this is what Jackson was doing to the constitution. He is holding veto papers in who hand which stands for vetoing the bank and a scepter in the other. He has a crown on his head that represents as the king because he is forgetting about the people and acting like a kink and a dictator.
In the document “Jackson Battles the Bank”, it shows Jackson fighting off a monster, or the national bank, with a veto stick. Jackson was fighting to destroy the national bank. He wanted to do this because it favored the rich and not the common people. He was fighting for people to have equal rights. Instead of having no bank at all, he came up with the idea to create state banks which wouldn’t be as powerful as the National Bank.
From what I read and what he said, I thought it sounded like he didn’t want to shut down the United States Bank. And then in Document 5, Webster acted like Jackson should put an end to the bank by saying, “It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich, it wantonly attacks whole classes of the people, for the purposes of turning against them the prejudices and resentment of the other classes.”
Is Andrew Jackson really worth being a president? Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767 and died on June 8, 1845. Jackson is a hero of war and has done other good thing as a president in the 1820`s. On the other hand, he also has many bad sides. If I were to be living in the 1820’s I would not have voted for Andrew Jackson because he has some bad sides on him that I would not want happen during his presidency time.
Not only does Jackson believe it to be in the best interest of the country to support a few of the wealthy by a recharter of the Bank along with those foreign shareholders who would also