Download Positives Let us begin with Andrew Jacksons positives. The man

Positives
Let us begin with Andrew Jacksons positives. The man was a
strong proponent of individual rights. Jackson believed in a
limited government supported by a strong president at the
top; the states were to govern themselves with limited
federal interference with the president as a representative
of the country’s population. The man was indeed a war
hero, and he built much of his image on his participation in
the War of 1812. During the nullification crisis, Jackson
made clear that the states could not and should not
disobey a federal law, shocking considering his
championing of state’s rights. One could argue that
Jackson knew that with states ignoring federal mandates,
there was no reason to call the United States a union at all.
All things considered, the positives revolving around
Jackson seemingly end here. Lastly, Jackson did indeed pay
off the entire national debt, a feat not since repeated. Of
course, the panic of 1837 would come at the end of
Jackson’s administration, partly due to Jackson’s attacks
on the second bank of the United States. Under Jackson’s
administration, the United States would also face the
possibility of expansion, this expansion would be at the
expense of a notable minority, however.
Negatives
Moving on to the negatives; Andrew Jackson was in no
uncertain terms, a tyrant. Specifically to native Americans,
but somewhat extending to the African American slave
population as well. Under Andrew Jackson’s
administration, the policy of Indian Removal saw its
greatest enactment. Jackson essentially forced the native
Americans off their lands, all the while ignoring supreme
court decisions that stated such actions were indeed
unconstitutional. Although Jackson was out of office when
the Indian Removal act was actually carried out, he had set
its path into motion, and shares just as much credit for the
act if not more than his presidential and ideological
successor, Martin Van Buren. As Jackson saw it, the tribes
were not part of the union, but sovereign nations, so why
should they have any sort of protection from the federal
government? The is the notable minority as stated earlier.
Their land, unfortunately according to Jackson, belonged in
and to the states they resided in. Jackson was also a strong
supporter of slavery, which was an extension of, ironically
enough, individual rights. A slave was indeed property in
Jackson’s time, and an individual had a right to said
property. For all his views on personal freedom, Andrew
Jackson was a great enemy of minorities in the antebellum
United States of America. Another negative of Andrew
Jackson’s administration was a ridiculous obsession with
ending the Second Bank of the United States, an obsession
which can be seen as directly contributing to the Panic of
1837 and its aftermath, but we get ahead of ourselves.
Lastly, it should be noted that Jackson basically ignored the
women’s rights movement, although the movement did
grow substantially in antebellum America.