president of the United States. However, his campaign against John Quincy Adams for presidency did come at a heavy price. As the weeks that led to the end of the election campaign his beloved wife, Rachel passed away. Adam’s campaign highlighted Jackson’s controversial marriage to Rachel. She was in the spotlight of accusations of bigamy and was branded as a scarlet. It later put his presidency under scrutiny even after being elected. Jackson blamed Adam’s campaigners for Rachel’s death, and never forgave Adams after it. Shortly after during his early years of presidency, one of his cabinet members John Eaton’s wife had become part of a scandal. Her name was Peggy Eaton, gossip had spread of her being sexually promiscuous led by Vice President …show more content…
Calhoun’s wife. Calhoun’s wife as the mastermind behind it all orchestrated a plan to outcast the Eaton’s from involvement of any social gathering. Jackson did not take this matter lightly. He defended Peggy’s honor for a good portion of his presidency early on. He was driven mad with love from his late wife that we considered what happened to Peggy to be unacceptable. He also required his cabinet members to control their wives in light of the situation. During his presidency he did have some accomplishments as well as rather questionable actions.
He allowed for change in voting rights from just men who owned land to white males who were of the age of twenty-one could have the right to vote. This is so more common men were able to vote. While trying to build up America’s economy from the deficit of the war, he raised tariffs on the south. The tariffs of the south seem to double what was imposed on the north creating confrontations between South Carolina and The Federal Government. South Carolina sees the tariff as unfair and decided to nullify the tariff. As a result, it led to South Carolina’s attempt to secede from the Union. In 1828-1832, this caused what is known as the Nullification Crisis during Jackson’s term. In an attempt to defuse the conflict, Congress decided to pass Force Bill. This bill allowed Jackson to threaten South Carolina with military force if necessary if renegotiations or compromise were not met. He also grew rather impatient with the French government’s bureaucracy of non-existent to delinquent reparation payments for assistance in the war with the Great Britain. Although, the French did not agree with Jackson’s politically incorrect undiplomatic actions towards the situation, they eventually repaid their debt to the
U.S. In an attempt to dismantle the U.S. bank, he vetoed the re-charter of the national bank in 1832. He believed that the elite had too much power controlling the U.S. bank that led to corruption. In order to deplete the national bank he dispersed federal funds from the national bank to state banks. Evidently, his plan backfires when states banks decided to be more lenient with loan and start printing out more currency. The result of this decision of more printed money caused a Financial Panic that followed a depression. Jackson had good intentions of dismantlement of a national bank, but his fault lied with that there was no solution or replacement to the national bank prior to its removal. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 has brought many people to question his presidency. In allowed the Jackson to renegotiate terms of lands in the east in exchange for lands in the further west of the Mississippi River. However, the negotiations did not go down as peacefully as they would have hoped. While some tribes voluntarily relocated, on the other hand there were others that opposed it. As a result, Indian tribes were forced on The Trail of Tears towards Oklahoma. The five Indian Tribes affected from this act were the Chickasaws, Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. Many
As the author of Andrew Jackson and the Search for Vindication, James C. Curtis seems to greatly admire Andrew Jackson. Curtis pointed out that Jackson was a great American general who was well liked by the people. As history shows, Andrew Jackson had his flaws; for example, he thought the National Bank of the United States was going to kill him but he was determined to kill it first. He resented the Bank because he thought it was the reason for the Panic of 1819. Andrew Jackson was elected to the presidency in 1824 after first being nominated in 1822. He was sixty-one when he was elected the seventh president of the United States.
It is agreeable that the Jacksonian Democrats perceived themselves as strict guardians of the United States Constitution. It is not agreeable with how they went about preserving the political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity they stood for. While trying to create this balance, Jackson used tactics favorable only to his opinion. Jackson’s main idea was to rid of aristocracy, giving the power to the poorer classes, standing against rich white men. The flaw in their scheme was that the people who came up with this idea were all rich white men.
Jackson and Lincoln are considered the best presidents in United States history for many reasons. Jackson was president when the country seemed to be more stable and at peace. Lincoln was President when there was more conflict and war.
- The Peggy Eaton affair contributed to the bitter, personal political conflict between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun. The Peggy Eaton affair occurred in 1831 involved in a U.S. scandal involving members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet. Peggy was the daughter of a Washington, D.C. boarding-house owner who had lost her first husband, sailor John Timberlake, to suicide. Peggy was well-known for being flirtatious and it was suspected that Timberlake had been driven to suicide because of her affair with Jackson's Secretary of War John Henry Eaton. Peggy and Eaton were married shortly after Timberlake's death, scandalizing the respectable women of the capital. The wives of other public officials hated Peggy Eaton, causing a crisis in
The validity of President Andrew Jackson’s response to the Bank War issue has been contradicted by many, but his reasoning was supported by fact and inevitably beneficial to the country. Jackson’s primary involvement with the Second Bank of the United States arose during the suggested governmental re-chartering of the institution. It was during this period that the necessity and value of the Bank’s services were questioned.
This helped manufacturers from New England, and led to a crisis known as the nullification crisis. Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina argued that states had a right to nullify this law. Many southerners were against tariff because they feared that if the federal government could do that, they could end slavery as well. They hoped to stop this by nullifying the tariff law because it would weaken the federal government. President Andrew Jackson defended the tariffs, and Congress listened to Jackson, and passed another tariff law. After that, South Carolina became fed up and threatened to secede. Eventually, the two sides came to peace and ended the
Throughout the 1830-1840’s the opposing governmental parties, the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whigs, undertook many issues. The Whigs were a party born out of their hatred for President Andrew Jackson, and dubbed his harsh military ways as “executive usurpation,” and generally detested everything he did while he was in office. This party was one that attracted many other groups alienated by President Jackson, and was mainly popular among urban industrial aristocrats in the North. On the other hand, the Jacksonian Democrats were a party born out of President Andrew Jackson’s anti-federalistic ideals that was extremely popular among southern agrarians. A major economic issue that the two parties disagreed on was whether or not the United States should have a National Bank. Along with the National Bank, the two parties also disagreed on the issue of the Protective tariff that was enforced to grow Northern industry. Politically, the two parties disagreed on the issues of Manifest Destiny, or expansion, and ultimately Slavery. While the two parties essentially disagreed on most issues, there are also similarities within these issues that the two parties somewhat agree on.
The election of Abraham Lincoln and the secession of the South led to the outbreak of the civil war. The civil war was the first revolutionary change in America. States' rights were a major issue during this time. Issues of power, different interpretations of the constitution, and banking issues led to many difficulties. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. In South Carolina's Declaration of Causes, it was stated that "powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states" (Document A). The 10th amendment which limited the power of the federal government had acted as a backing for the secession of the South. Nowhere in the constitution did it say that the states had no right to secede from the Union. This secession from the union forever changed the country. Another major change that occurred after the civil war was the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery. Even though the slaves had fought for the Union in the civil war, they were unable to take any political action and were still inferior as it is stated in document C. The fifteenth amendment granted the right to vote to all men no matter the race. It was argued t...
The Peggy Eaton affair was an American Scandal in the 1830’s that involves members of the cabinet and their wives. Peggy was the wife to the Secretary of War John H. Eaton. Rumors were that they had an affair with Eaton way before her husband had passed on and he used to be away at sea for extended periods of time. After they had got married, the wives of the other cabinet members felt that she was not worth being part of the political, social status as they said she was loose and gave sexual favors to several men outside marriage. President Andrew Jackson had just lost his wife due to a political scandal based on rumors as well and defended the Eaton’s. He had to sustain his honor and felt that cabinet members who could not control and lead their wives and families were not fit for their jobs. Van Buren gave the solution that all cabinet members had to resign to finalize the dispute. Jackson seconded him and asked them all to resign.
Following Lincoln’s tragic assassination, President Andrew Johnson took on the accountability of making Reconstruction a reality. Andrew Johnson wanted to use Lincoln’s ideas of reconstruction but in a modified form. Since Congress would be in recess for eight more months Johnson decided to go ahead with his plan. Johnson's goal in reconstruction was to grant amnesty to all former Confederates (except high officials), the ordinances of secession were to be revoked, Confederate debts would repudiate, and the states had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. Once the states swore to a loyalty oath to abide by the conditions they would be allowed to return to the Union. After swearing to the oath Confederate States would be allowed to govern themselves. With this power the states implemented the creation of a system of black codes that restricted the actions of freed slaves in much the same way, if not exactly the same way, that slaves were restricted under the old law. The end result of his plan was a hopeless conflict with the Radical Republicans who dominated Congress, passed measures over Johnson's vetoes, and attempted to limit the power of the executive concerning appointments and removals.
To some people Andrew Jackson is remembered as the, metaphorically speaking, “People’s King” and is accused of dictator-like political moves. However, Andrew Jackson was quite the contrary, he was exalted amongst the people for being the new era of democracy: instilling a political revolution, the protection of the American people, and social equality among the masses. Therefore, Andrew Jackson was a precedent of democratic rule in the United States.
Later on, after President Lincoln abolished slavery(the thirteen amendment in the constitution) the southern states decided to nullify his decision but the went against the constitution. Nullification is illegal. This action cause the bloodiest civil war in America. President Lincoln notice that the US government was not following what they were preaching. After the win in the civil war, the federal government had established themselves with a lot of power.
Political unrest within the advocating for Nullification virtually declares the United States Constitution nonexistent. To propel, and support secession is radical and creates separate entities trying to coexist amongst each other while avoiding the issue. In the matters of the government, constitutional propriety should be enforced and upheld with the upmost respect. However, when the driving force behind promoting constitutional propriety has a hidden agenda that is repugnant in nature then there is bound to be disputes. The Nullification Crisis was a result of the Tariff of 1828 and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were the result of the Alien and Sedition Acts. The similarities between the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Tariff of 1828, is that both on the surface, seemingly were actions implemented by Congress because of war. These parallel actions also were induced by political parties seizing an opportunity to publically discredit, embarrass, and fluster the opposing party. Much like today, of one political party attempting to dominate Congress, the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the Federalist controlled congress was an attempt to weaken the Jeffersonian Republicans. The passing of the Tariff of 1828 was to economically protect industries in the north, which weaken the southern states. This further aggravated the intensely growing animosity between the Northern and Southern States. Unilaterally, the Tariff of 1828 favored the northern industries and caused the southern states especially South Carolina to pay higher prices on goods that they were unable to produce.
Jackson sent pamphlets, depicting himself as the “victor of New Orleans,” all over the country and began the political campaigning that is familiar today. It was one of the most vicious, mudslinging campaigns in political history. A friend of Henry Clay reported that Jackson’s wife Rachel was an adulterer to the newspapers and a Jackson supporter fired back claiming that Adams had once procured a prostitute for the Czar of Russia. Jackson won the Presidency in 1828. His wife, Rachel, died shortly after the election and her death was seen as a ‘political godsend” by many. However, Jackson believed that his political enemies had killed his wife.
In his day America was still a young nation and was still making its way in this world. and this included all of our struggles with Britain and what was equally important the problems that we were having with the indians ( Native Americans if you want to be politically correct ). All of these were direct problems that Andrew Jackson faced and the two major forces he hated with all of his being ( which i will explain why here in a minute ).