Andrew Jackson: A True Villain
by: Maria Gilles, Hai Nguyen, and Dylan Banis
Tariff Abominations
it's a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
tax on goods would raise the cost to live in the South
cut into profits of New England’s industrialists
Bank War
second bank of united states chartered in 1816 for a term of 20 years
run by nicholas biddle
didn’t fully opposed the bank at first but did later on
Jacksonian Democracy
Jackson got the support from thousands of first time voters
had begun to let voters rather than states legislatures
It was the democratic expansion of white men voting rights
Spoils System
newly elected officials had given governments jobs to friends and supporters
“loot” was jobs to party supporters
began dismissing presidential appointees and other office holders and replacing them with Jacksonian Democrats
His Nickname: King Andrew 1
He got the nickname because he abused his power like a king, he didn't use it like a president.
Indian Relocation/Trails of Tears
20,000 Cherokees were marched westward at gunpoint on the trail of tears
Seminole resistance in Florida caused a war with their fights
White settlers wants to grow cotton on Indians land
Slavery
Jackson re-introduced the idea of having slaves back to America
His Role in War of 1812
He was a major general