Tuesday, March 1, 2011

"The Difference Between the Impossible and the Possible Lies in a Man's Determination"

Andrew Jackson was determined to show America he was a strong president. He even started out in office by creating the spoils system. He replaced some governmeant officials with his supporters. He was determined that putting new people into parts of the government favored democracy. It also showed that he cared about people who were loyal to him in the elections. Also for example with the Indian Removal Act of 1830 he believed trading lands with the Native Americans was the best for the country. He thought it opened up more, and better land for the farmers to grow cotton. All of his actions were made for the best of his country and he was determined to show them how he was a great leader for America.

Monday, February 28, 2011

"Impossible is Nothing"

To be able to go into a war is one thing, but to come out victourious brings it to another level. Andrew Jackson was able to lead the famous, "Battle of New Orleans" to victory. He was able to conquer Florida in earlier battles too. The Battle of New Orleans grew to become one of the most famous battles and best victorys in American history. It was able to bring all sorts of races of people together to defeat one of the worlds strongest armies. This proves that Andrew Jackson is able to lead our country through anything and have a good outcome almost everytime.

Indian Removal

Andrew Jackson had made up the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This was so he was able to offer the indians the land west of the Mississippi River in extange for their land east. It even included money for the law to be carried out. The land he believed had very good soil and would make very good land for farmers to grow cotton in. Addding this part to the US would increase the countries size as well as create new jobs and help the farming industry with a new product.

"For a Tree to Grow Tall it must have Tough Roots in its Rocks"

A important quality for a good leader to have is to be tough both physically and emotionally. Physically, you need someone to be strong to be able to continue to lead even through tough times. Critics surround our world and to be able to take in all of the insults and/or compliments is not something a everyday person can do. If someone were to take every single insult to heart to much it could easily effect their next choices possibly motivating them wrongly. If a person were to take every compliment and indulge themselves in just that, they could become very self centered and/or over confident in their actions. Andrew Jackson has had many experiences in his past to judge and test his will power. He has two bullets lodged in his chest from encounters and they are too close to  his heart to remove. Definitely a good example of strong will power. A example of power emotionally would be as he completed life he did it without parents to guide him. He never met his father and mother died when he was young. Through all of his hardship past, Andrew Jackson has manged to gain some very important qualities to be a good leader, including a tough personality physically and emotionally.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Understanding of the Comman Man

Andrew Jackson started out as a everyday person. Growing up in the 1800s he didn't have the rich and famous life as many previous candidates did. His mother died when he was 14 and him and his brother caught small pox as young children. Back then, it was very rare to be able to survive that kind of devastating disease. Jackson's brother Robert did die but Andrew survived. He had to work at a very young age and so now he understands the viewpoints of everyone in the country.