Andrew's+Temper

= [|**R**] = ** Did Andrew Jackson's Temper Hurt his Presidency? ** **Made By: SJ-SOTH & JoS-SOTH ** **Why is this important to U.S. history?**   There are many reasons why this question is important to U.S history. For one, I think that it is important because if Andrew Jackson had not had his bad temper it might have affected his presidency, such as the decisions he made. One of those decisions could have been the one with the Indians. The history of the U.S might have been different if Jackson's decisions were different, some might be good and some might be bad for the history of America. For the Indian conflict, if his decision was different the Native Americans might have been allowed more freedom throughout the different time periods of America, but there could have been more fighting between the settlers and the Native Americans. This is important to the history of the U.S because we could see how different America would be if Andrew Jackson didn't have his temper. **(JoS-SOTH)** 

Andrew Jackson was a temper some leader. He either loved you or hated you, there was no in between. He made bad decisions because of his temper that effected everyone around him. He was involved in many duels and fights that were very dangerous.(all duels were for that matter). In some cases, his temper wasn't really the problem. His social life was also important to him. He wanted to look good in the eyes of the people when he was dealing with the Indians. The settlers wanted to move into the already populated land of the Indians, so to make them happy he pushed the Indians into an unwanted territory. He made decisions about the country that drastically changed it. If things didn't happen this way would America be different,maybe the world? (SJ-SOTH)

Andrew Jackson had a very bad temper ([|temper]).I think that the fact that he was born into an obscure family, orphaned at youth, he fought in the revolutionary war in his youth, and he had horrible experiences thought his young life had a toll on his temper ([|early life]). When you have gone through so many things in early life, your actions later in life might be impacted. I think that this was one of the things that impacted his decision making. This wasn't the only thing that impacted it, his pride and protection of his family were also some things that might have impacted it also. (SJsoth)
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I think that Andrew Jackson went too far on some of his problems and debates during his presiency. He often made them personal and challenged many duels ([|personal]). In one duel, Andrew Jackson was upset about how a friend of his, Ervin, handled a bet over a horse race ([|the race]). Ervin's son-in-law, Dickinson, was outraged. He got in a fight with his father in law and soon Jackson got into it. Dickinson wrote to Jackson calling him names and his temper got the best of him. Jackson challenged Dickinson to a duel and eventually ended up killing him will almost fatal wounds himself. (SJsoth)  Andrew Jackson took the view of the public way too far too. With the case of the Indians, the people wanted to expand into the already populated parties of the west. Most of the parts that the Indians were in were the more fertile and useful to the people, so Andrew Jackson decided he would kick the Indians out of their homes and would make them go live in a place where none of the people wanted to live ([|Indians]). The path that the Indians took was called the Trail of Tears. This was a devastating time for the Indians. As you can see Andrew Jackson was a good president, but his temper and the views of the people could drive his descisions. (SJsoth)

Andrew Jackson (father of modern presidency) is said to be a great president and in my opinion I think he is, too. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He was thought to be the founder of the Democratic party as he was seen as democrat himself. To some people president Jackson was thought to have a very big temper and that this temper of his affected his presidency and the decisions he made. Andrew Jackson was born from a immigrant family, but became an orphan, some may say this was the cause for his temper. He was also born in a log cabin, which became a important symbol, which became really famous. Andrew Jackson was the first president from the frontier and he quickly became a famous political figure, as the president of the United States. He had made many decisions during his presidency that in my opinion were all really good ones, but others may disagree. **(JoS-SOTH)** (http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson/)

As becoming President of the United States Andrew Jackson gained many powers and one was the power to veto, which he used constantly. One of his big vetoes was the veto he made against the Bank of the United States. His goal was to remove federal deposits from the national bank. This veto really impacted his re-election for presidency. Andrew Jackson's reason for vetoing the bank was that he felt it was his responsibility to protect the rights and interests of the people. He believe that the government shouldn't favor one person over others or a certain group over another. He believed the poor shouldn't lower than the rich or the rich lower than the poor. He didn't like favoring people to others. This veto came to cause what was called "the Bank War". He didn't really have a temper during this time, in my opinion he was thinking of the people and he wanted to do what would be right for them, which would be his belief. **(JoS-SOTH)**

I believe that Andrew Jackson's temper didn't affect his presidency. I believe that it was his beliefs that affected his presidency the most. Your temper wouldn't really cause you to do something a certain way, but what you believed in would really affect the type of decisions you would make. For the Indian Removal, which Andrew Jackson issued on December 7, 1835, it may seem to be bad temper to some, but I think it was his belief that the Indians and the settlers would eventually have a conflict between each other and he did his best to stop this from happening. It might not have been the best way to it, taking the land away from the Indians and making them move away //(Trail of Tears)// on which many of the Native Americans die, but that was his belief and if you look back it did seem to work. Another reason why I believe that it wasn't his temper that hurt his presidency is the fact that you wouldn't always be in a bad mood and making decisions for the country take time, so that is a reason why I don't think that it was his temper, but more his beliefs that would have affected his presidency. All of his decisions he made, he made for a reason and I believe they all seemed necessary to do them the way he decided to deal with them**.**I personally don't think that Andrew Jackson's presidency was really hurt at all, he had a reason for everything and everything turned out okay. **(JoS-SOTH)** 



**<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(0,0,255); font-family: Georgia,serif;">Primary Sources <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); text-align: left;">INDIAN REMOVAL: <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-align: left;">http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/two/removal.htm <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); text-align: left;"> JACKSON'S VETOES ** **http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Censures_President.htm**
 * http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_b_1832.html**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">**NONE PRIMARY SOURCES:**
 * http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson/**

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