Name: 【TED-Ed】History vs. Andrew Jackson - James Fester
Uploaded: 2014-12-26T03:11:48.000Z
Duration: 4 min 54 s
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A national hero? Or public enemy number one?

Historical figures are often controversial,

as the seventh President of the United States.

"Order, order, hm, uh, what were we...ah yes, Mr. Jackson!

You stand accused of degrading the office of the presidency,

and wanton cruelty against American Indians.

"Now, Your Honor, I am not a big city lawyer,

"Your Honor, this 'man of the people' was a gambler,

was such a man fit for the most distinguished office in the nation?

Can we forget the debacle of his inauguration?

It took ages to get the upholstery clean."

"That drunken mob, sir, was the American people,

and they deserve to celebrate their victory."

"Order, order! Now, did this celebration have pie?"

"Very well. Mr. Jackson, is it not the case

replacing hundreds of perfectly good federal employees

"Your Honor, the President did no such thing.

to avoid any profiteering or funny business.

who insisted on giving posts to their lackeys."

an act of irresponsible populace pandering

"Your Honor, the gentleman has quite the imagination.

To blame it on the President is preposterous, I say."

"But if Mr. Jackson had not destroyed the National Bank,

it would have been able to lend to farmers

and businesses when other credit dried up,

forcing entire tribes out of their native lands

The U.S. of A. bought that land from the Indians

by a nation with a far more powerful army

Or signing a treaty for removing the Cherokee

and forced them to march the Trail of Tears."

All President Van Buren had to do afterwards

and my client was negotiating these deals

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【TED-Ed】History vs. Andrew Jackson - James Fester

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