Henry Clay Vs. Andrew Jackson In The 1830's

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ANDREW JACKSON VS. HENRY CLAY A strong country, a growing industry, and making a good living is what voters in the 1830’s would care about when voting for a President. There were two choices. Andrew Jackson who had already served in office and was well known with the trouble that happened in the Nullification Crisis, and who had constantly opposed the Bank of the US, or Henry Clay who introduced the American System that showed voters the priorities important to them, that would make their country stronger and would help industry. Henry Clay wanted to build the country with the B.U.S. and Andrew Jackson strongly opposed it, so as a voter in the 1832 election I would have voted for Henry Clay because his American Plan would help the American…show more content…
In 1807 he became the Speaker in Kentucky for the House of Representatives. He was referred to as the Great Compromiser and helped negotiate a number of treaties including the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, and a commerce treaty with Great Britain. Clay is also famous for his involvement in the Missouri Compromise which made Missouri into a slave state. Clay also had good experience when he was Secretary of State for John Quincy Adams. Henry Clay’s impressive political background and his experience in politics is a large reason why I would have voted for him in the 1832 election. While Henry Clay was running for office in 1832 his main opposition was Andrew Jackson who had already served one term in office. While Clay was busy introducing the Second Bank of US all that Jackson was doing was opposing all the bills that Clay tried to pass for the only reason of their hatred towards each other. To me this does not seem like a logical reason to oppose something as needed as the Second B.U.S. What Jackson had done in office as well would make me not want to vote for him. In 1828 during his second year in office he raised taxes to 35%. For Americans who are trying to make a living in a troubled economy, taxes as high as those are

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