Friday, March 4, 2011

Andrew Jackson: Good or Bad towards progression?

Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States of America. Strong, stubborn, bull-headed, and powerful. He wasn't one to mess with, and would make sure a job would get done and get done just how he wanted. But that didn't always end in good measure. For example, one large fact that he's rather infamous for was his way of handling the Natives. Instead of trying to work with them (I can't blame the Natives for not wanting to work with the American people at this point, I wouldn't want to either if I were them), Jackson decides to 'relocate' them for their own good, which we all know is a load of crap. The American citizens wanted their land, and instead of fighting wars over it, Jackson made it clear to the Natives that they would have to leave their homeland and everything they knew to Oklahoma, to start anew. This not only caused thousands of people to die along the journey there, but was it ever considered that there could be other Natives living in Oklahoma that didn't want to give up their own land to share with these foreign natives? Surely not, or perhaps, maybe, but it wasn't taken too seriously by Jackson, as he had hardly any concern for these people once they marched off of his own property which he could then use for his own domestication and uses for expansion, never mind what any other people thought.

In my opinion, Jackson didn't really do much good for the United States in the areas of accepting diversity. Imagine if all presidents were like him! Our allowances of such a diverse level of populous that we currently have would be severely decreased. I wouldn't be surprised if we still had slaves and only white folks could live in safety in America. Thank goodness other leaders came into play with other opinions on how to rule.

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