Andrew Jackson And The Civil War: The Jacksonian Democracy

Andrew Jackson has one of the most complicated and detailed stories of becoming the president there might be! Born March 15, 1767 and at the age of thirteen, Jackson signed up to help the American militia during the American Revolution. He worked as a courier, taking messages between troops and leaders. He was captured by british soldiers for acting as a solider for the continental army. Thirty-five long years later he was an army major general in the war of 1812 also known as a hero of that war after he won the battle of New Orleans. In 1824 Andrew Jackson was finally ready to fight for the presidency like how he fought in the army. The main tactic of his campaign was to be a people's man, he wanted the citizens to believe he was a simple
Once elected Jackson wanted to better the government for the common man leaving some big marks in history during his two terms. One of the first things he did was implement the spoils system which is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party. For the common man Jackson was so eager to relate to this was great news and incentive to support him. When President Jackson began office he replaced nearly 10% of government officials with his supporters. Jackson also wanted to give more power to the states so in order to do that their had to be more control of the states so this caused the indian removal act. The indian removal act was a series of treaties Andrew Jackson was granted by passing the legislature through both houses of congress. Jackson was able to forcefully remove five main indian tribes The cherokees were the only ones to fight with it and took Georgia all the way to the supreme court. Chief Justice John marshall ruled in favor of the cherokees saying that they didn’t have to move. Andrew Jackson disagreed with the decision of Chief John Marshall and rounded them up at gunpoint and forced them to move. The native americans were forced west and 1 in 4 native americans died on this journey making it known as the Trail Of Tears. Marking one of the saddest chapters in History, Jackson faced a challenging issue that shook the union, also known as the nullification crisis. South Carolina was upset with the high taxes placed on goods. Once the tariff made it to the supreme court John C. Calhoun became one of the biggest supporters and he was coquincently Andrew Jackson's personal enemy. South