Justina Jude Period 2 APUSH To the common man, having a dark horse run for president is something like a dream come true. A candidate who understands the people and fights for them is the wish of anyone unrepresented in government. That’s probably what the majority of the population felt when Andrew Jackson ran for president. Here was a self-made man who knew the needs of the people and fought for them. While the Jacksonian Era is viewed as the “era of the common man”, the fact remains that while Jackson knew what the people wanted, he wasn’t entirely a man “by the people, for the people”.
He used his families charm and connections to win over the public and his fathers enormous wealth to advertise himself. His father, Joseph P. Kennedy, once said, “It’s not what you are that counts, it’s what people think you are.” (9 Hostages to Fortune, 1990) He only let the public see a good, hard working American man. Many people did not know that Kennedy suffered from Addison’s disease and lived a life of pain. As a politician in his early career, Kennedy was all style. This changed however, when he became a senator.
Jackson had also received a large number of the votes in Missouri which in turn gave many of Jackson’s supporters the majority in the General Assembly. Jackson and his supporters believed that the U.S. Supreme Court was a tool used in creating a strong federal government which took away powers from the states, an ideology that Adams and his supporters fully supported. This was unacceptable according to President Jackson and the Jacksonians which called for judiciary reform. With President Jackson firmly positioned in the White House this gave the Jacksonians the opportunity to seek such reforms. The Jacksonians first political action in Missouri was to limit federal judges’ terms in office and to make it harder for them to overturn state and congressional legislation.
During Andrew Jackson’s presidency, Jackson emphasized the use of his own personal views and ideas. His course of action was significantly different than any other president the country had previously encountered, which led to strife within the Union. Over the course of his presidency, Jackson dealt with nullification in the South, attacked the national bank, and displaced hundreds of Native Americans from their homeland. Andrew Jackson and the rash actions he took had a negative impact on the growth of the United States. Jackson exercised the full extent of his presidential power during his presidency, which turned out to be a decisive tool in controlling congressional power.
This defeat was not a normal defeat as it is known as the “stolen election”. It is referred as this because Jackson won a huge amount of votes but unfortunately he did not have the electoral votes he needed to gain presidency. This meant that now the House of Representatives would be deciding the faith of the election. The outcome of this election was defeat for Jackson however as previously mentioned Jackson was victorious in the 1828 elections winning the majority of the votes and beating Adams. Jackson was quite unlike any other president of the United States.
His leadership in the Civil Rights movement was what caused the movement to succeed eventually. Billy Joel probably put it in his song because he was one of the most favored Presidents and many lost hopes with his death. Relating to It's Time I think that any time a President is assasinated, it creates a loss of moral for our Country. When a leader falls, it almost always negatively effects the people he led. I think it was a very sad and memorable moment for Americans at that time.
He had constant run-ins with the law which made his leadership very controversial. But in truth, Tupac was just a regular human being like the rest of us. Bill Clinton cheating on his wife doesn’t take away from the fact that he was a great president. The Government criticized Tupac for his abrasive lyrics and degradation of women, but he was only being raw and uncut about what was going on in society. He didn’t degrade women either, he highly respected them.
It was often blamed for the Panic of 1819 and was seen as advantageous to the wealthy and oppressive and harsh to the poor. When Jackson campaigned for reelection, he and his opponents focused heavily on the issue of the US Bank. Jackson was against it, and when he was reelected, he interpreted this as a mandate to abolish the bank. He thought of the interests of the states and the people in them when he carried out this move. With the end of the US Bank came some terrible consequences.
Abraham Lincoln Born near Hodgenville, Kentucky. on February 12, 1809, Lincoln was the central figure of the Civil War, and is regarded by many historians and laymen as not only the foremost of our presidents but also the greatest American of all time. With scant formal education, from a poor family, this frontier lawyer held the nation together through the worst crisis in its history. A leader of weaker will or fainter vision might well have failed either to win the Civil War or end the institution of slavery. With good reason, he is viewed as the savior of the American union and the "Great Emancipator."
Congo is rich in mineral deposits and its land is fertile, yet Congolese suffer from unemployment, lack of education and violent authoritarian rulers. Mr. Tshisekedi is well educated, and has served as Congo’s Justice Minister, Interior Minister and Prime Minister since the 1960s. He has also been jailed, exiled and tortured several times over his anti-corruption stance. Early results showed Mr. Tshisekedi to be leading in the ballot count. The western embassies viewed Mr Tshisekedi with suspicion because of his radical views and anti-western stand.