Some People's President

          This week, while Mrs. Gallagher was away, we worked in groups to learn about Andrew Jackson. As a class, we watched two videos about Jackson, then we broke up into six groups. There were two groups per topic, the Bank War, Spoil System and Indian Removal Act. In our groups we created presentations to answer the question, "Is Andrew Jackson's long-standing reputation as "the people's president" deserved? Why? Why not?"
           After sharing our projects as a class, the majority of the class decided that Andrew Jackson didn't deserve to be called the people's president. My group, and the other Indian Removal group concluded he didn't deserve that title. We said this because Jackson had no consideration for the Indian tribes that he forced to move west. He didn't care that they made a life there and that their fathers built their community. Jackson threatened them saying if they didn't agree to move, he would force them out. The two groups who researched the Spoil System, also agreed that Jackson doesn't deserve to be called the people's president. They said this because, Jackson was only nice to the people who supported him. He instated people in the government as a reward for being loyal to him. He even allowed criminals to work for the government. This system that Jackson created, cost the government over $1,000,000,000 when Samuel Swartwout, a man loyal to Jackson,  stole from the American government.
          Both groups who had the Bank War, agree that Jackson did deserve the title that he was given. They say that Jackson noticed the unfair power that the bank possessed and knew he had to stop it. Jackson had the idea to create many small banks, rationing the power, rather than one large bank. By distributing the power from rich to poor thus forth restoring power to all social classes. Andrew Jackson slightly deserves the title of the people's president. As shown through the Bank War, Andrew Jackson did great things for America, however he is not deserving of the title, the people's president.

Indian Removal Lauren, Natalie and Regan:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ydnSUSbjJiIVPG1wlvO96OpIu0InDkpV1TpZsMkMudA/edit?usp=sharing