Andrew Jackson was a Good President

Thanks for the reply ProR.1 American Indians While it is true to some extent that Andrew Jackson was not the sole cause of the conditions of the present day Indians, we can see how he was a major contributor to it. After the tear of trails (which was Jackson’s responsibility), the Native Americans had moved. However, what was the outcome from the trail? Unbearable living conditions exposed to the Native Americans. The events in the past impact the events from today, and the tear of trails and poor living conditions is one of them. R.2 Economics My opponent bases every detail off of the essay as truism, and the essay does not tell us about the survey in regards to Peter Termin. Furthermore, the essay states (this is my opponent’s own source) “However, the 64 percent increase in the money supply during this period can’t be attributed to unregulated banks increasing their loan-to-reserve ratios. Rather, more than all of the increase in the money supply from 1833 to 1836 was caused by an increase in specie (gold and silver) in circulation (Atack and Passell 1994, 100)” And…“Jackson may be culpable for one additional cause of inflation—the Gold Coin Act of 1834, which devalued the gold dollar by 6.6 percent without altering the silver dollar”. There you have it ladies and gentlemen. While other economists may argue that Jackson was not the sole cause of the inflation, the essay states that Jackson’s gold and silver act increased the money supply by 64%. On top of that, “Following the credit crunch, the economy endured a bout of inflation—with prices rising 28 percent from 1833 to 1836, which critics of Jackson attributed to the easy-money policies of the banking sector, which was no longer required to practice sound money policies because the BUS was no longer there to rein it in” You see, using my opponent’s own source the BUS’ credit crunch (due to Jackson’s war with the bank) caused a bout of inflation. Critics attributed to the easy money policies only because the BUS was not able to rein on it. Therefore, since Jackson got rid of the BUS, it allowed the easy money policies, which lead to the panic of 1837.Please do keep in mind that this is all based off my opponent’s own source. R.3 Nullification crisisMy opponent makes the misinterpretation of the argument and believes that I dropped the fact that Jackson united South Carolina. This is not true since I accepted that Jackson united South carolina with regrettable ways. Now, I bring up how this is immoral and my opponent refutes it stating how it was the right thing to do or else it South Carolina would not have been with us right now. However, my opponent needs to bring up how methods of peace, and without threats would not suffice, something he has not done. My opponent only makes the assumption that it was the right thing to do, while I point out that it was immoral. R.4 National debtI have said this before however, my opponent drops the argument of what cost the national debt was paid off. Keep in mind that the national debt only lasted a year. What cost did the National debt came in? He paid off the national debt by blocking every spending bill. He vetoed programs to build national highways, building light-houses, light-boats, and monuments, placing buoys, and improving harbors and directing surveys. Jackson also vetoed bills to improve navigation out at harbor. You see, Jackson vetoed almost everything that would make the country a better place. (1)This part of my argument, my opponent leaves untouched. R.5 Jacksonian democracy The reason why I dropped this argument is simply because it is irrelevant. A political party is completely irrelevant, and I may even argue how the democrats failed a lot. However, that is irrelevant and it is arguable that Jackson would not have agreed with everything of the modern democratic party. Sources: Again, my opponent bashes my sources when they were cited/referenced to legitimate articles, studies, papers, etc… My google sites source came off irrelevant because even my opponent agreed how Jackson used death threats to unite South Carolina. http://www.senate.gov...