Question

Graded Assignment Cast Your Vote! The campaign of 1828 was unlike any other that had come before it. For the first time electors in most states were chosen by popular vote. The electorate had been expanded so that there was universal suffrage among white males. Suppose you had lived during the time period of the 1828 election. Would you have voted for Andrew Jackson? (50 points) Score 1. Write a well-constructed essay supporting either Andrew Jackson or the re-election of John Quincy Adams. Keep the following points in mind as you write your essay: • Determine your position and plan your essay by listing the reasons for it. • Be sure you back up your position with clearly stated reasons. Use at least one primary source. • Read your essay aloud to be sure that it makes sense. • Check your grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Answer 1

I would vote for the re-election of John Quincy Adams.

Because Jackson was insane.  

During his tenure, Jackson made it clear that he saw the Native Americans as savages clogging progress. He arranged settlements with tribes while setting up friends to take their land.  

He encouraged persecution of villages of the Seminole people, burned houses and expelled inhabitants. All in the name of “national security” and “self defense”.

Andrew Jackson was the president of the removal of the Native Americans and the Teardrop Path, and forced pilgrimage of various tribes to remote and unknown regions.

Even with all the atrocities Jackson came to be seen as an American hero. After all, he conquered Florida