The Worst President- Andrew Jackson
...ew”. Jackson vetoed bills that would have benefited the people, such as the Maysville Road bill, which called to extend the Cumberland Road. Obviously, infrastructure was gaining importance by this time, and preventing it was a hindrance to the development of the country. Jackson clearly did not have a good sense of economics when he began his quest to destroy the Second Bank of the Unites States during the Bank War. Andrew Jackson’s actions were mainly based on his personal feelings. Jackson already hated the national bank before his presidency. As a former, wealthy land entrepreneur, he had lost huge amounts of money because of the national bank in the 1790’s. As a result, he refused to recharter the bank when Henry Clay proposed it in 1832. Even though it was passed through Congress, Jackson vetoed it claiming that it was unconstitutional when it had already been declared constitutional by the Marshall in 1819 during the McCulloch vs. Maryland case. Consequently, Jackson destroyed the bank in 1833 and went on to withdraw all federal funds from the bank. Instead, he deposited the money into various state banks called “pet banks,” which were most likely run by his loyal supporters. Trustworthy--something that Jackson definitely was not. Once in office Jackson immediately showed signs of bad leadership by using the spoils system, which is how he put his friends into his Cabinet. He also used to spoils system for other federal positions, by rewarding his friends with jobs in order to gain legislative support. By surrounding himself with supporters, Jackson could increase his executive powers even more. Finally, Jackson was a complete failure at being strategic in foreign relations. His strategy was to push the Indians out of the way and take their land. I guess peace talks would have overexerted him too much. Jackson used his power to support the removal of the Cherokee Indians. This was a foolish move on Jackson’s part because his reputation rested upon his cold-blooded slaughter of Native Americans at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, where Jackson's militia killed over 800 Creeks, shooting them down "like dogs," in the Creek War of 1814. Even before the removal issue, there was already much conflict between Americans and the Indians. As America was expanding and settlers were moving west, they were intruding the Indians’ land. Before these invasions; however, treaties were made not permitting anyone to push the Indians out of their land in Georgia. Jackson completely agreed with the treaties but when Georgia disobeyed the government and invaded the Indians, he denied and ignored what was taking place. The Indians who had been...