Native Americans and Americans would not live together due to the harsh past of Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man. Andrew Jackson was a very complicating man; he wasn’t perfect. He made bad decisions that still affects us today, like putting forth the “Indian Removal Act,” In 1838 and 1839. The Cherokee nation was forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. Then again, Jackson gained many accomplishments and also progressed much at the time.. Back at the time, Andrew Jackson and many other white men thought that war that has gone between them, such as countless wars and other altercations that has happened between them. So Jackson then favored the “Indian Removal Act “ in 1830. Which meant the Cherokee nation, would move west of the Mississpi River and this event would later be known as the “Trail of Tears”. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. Many indians refuse to use the twenty-dollar bill because …show more content…
Since its creation in 1816, the Bank of the United States had stirred controversy throughout the nation. The bank controlled all the nation’s money and decided how much money state banks would receive. Many people, including Jackson, argued that the bank favored the rich over the common people and that it had grown too powerful. He took action and sought to eliminate the National Bank. In fact, Jackson believed that the bank was an “abominable institution.” What was ironic was that his face is printed on the twenty-dollar bill. Many people favored him for this and this led him to easily being elected to serve his second term as