Debate President Andrew Jackson’s complex legacy. In your response, consider the effects of “Jacksonianism” (define his life, presidential policies, attitudes, etc.) on 21st century politics, economy, and society.
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Jackson’s Annual Message to Congress, December, 1830–Indian Removal: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3437t.html (Links to an external site.)
Transcript of the Monroe Doctrine, authored by John Quincy Adams, announced to Congress by President Monroe in 1823: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=23&page=transcript (Links to an external site.)
Links, images, and short blurbs about Jackson on this museum website for Jackson’s historic home http://thehermitage.com/learn/andrew-jackson/ (Links to an external site.)
President Jackson’s veto message regarding the Bank of the United States, 1832 (his official justification for vetoing the Congressional bill to extend/renew the charter of the Bank of the United States): http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ajveto01.asp (Links to an external site.)
On the 2015/2016 debate whether to remove Andrew Jackson’s face from the $20 bill:An opinion in defense of Jackson and keeping him on the $20: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/andrew-jackson-twenty-dollar-united-states-great-118840 (Links to an external site.)
An opinion in support of removing Jackson from the bill: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/03/andrew_jackson_should_be_kicked_off_the_20_bill_he_ordered_a_genocide.html (Links to an external site.)
