Shahata 1Ahmed ShahataMarch 1, 2021AMH 4160Professor SacherPresident Andrew Jackson: Predator or PreyAndrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States of America, rose from a poverty-stricken family to a “national hero.” He slowly worked his way up the social hierarchy bybecoming a lawyer, then soon a prosecuting attorney in the state of Tennessee. Andrew Jacksonis arguably one of the most influential character of the War in 1812 and frankly, the 1820’sthrough 1830’s. Jackson gained extreme popularity during the War of 1812 by narrowlydefeating the British at New Orleans, when the country’s optimism was at an all-time low. Bysigning the Treaty of Ghent and ending the war, Jackson officially gave himself a name in the1824 Presidential election. Despite the 1824 election ending in a loss for Andrew Jackson againstJohn Quincy Adams, Jackson came back with a vengeance and won four years later in the 1828Presidential election. Jacksonwas known by some historians to be a caring, intellectual,honorable gentleman that was connected with numerous respectable feats during his presidency.For an example, inAmerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White Houseby Jon Meacham,Meacham believed that he provided the people with laws that empowered them rather thansurrendering the decision-making powers to congress. However, there are always two-sides tothe same coin. While some historians praise Jackson others do not feel the same admiration.Steve Inskeep delivers Jackson in a more negative outlook on his bookJacksonland. Inskeepinsists that most of Jackson’s presidency was of destruction, barbarism, and inhuman treatmenttowards the Native Americans. While both, Meacham and Inskeep, highlight different aspects of
