Age of Jackson Dbq
“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. President Andrew Jackson said these words in his Presidential Oath of Office. But contrary to belief, he did not preserve, protect, or defend the United States at all during his presidency. President Andrew Jackson was president from March 4th 1829 to March 4th 1837. He was in office for 8 years. He was a military governor for the state of Florida, a senator from Tennessee, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Andrew Jackson’s decisions he made as President went against his presidential oath. He did not protect, preserve or defend the United States. Therefore, Andrew Jackson was wrong because he made Indians leave their territories, offered no compromises for South Carolina, and was acting like a King during his presidency. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830, dictating that all Indians living in the Deep South had to move to Eastern Oklahoma, because the Indians had something everyone else wanted, land. Jackson says in his First Inaugural Address,“It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.” Jackson is saying that It will be his genuine and continuous desire towards the Indian tribes, and we want to give them a fair and open policy, and give humane and kind attention to their rights and their wants which is the same with the habits of our government and the feelings of our people. He wants to give the Indian tribes a good policy. Later on, he removes the Indian tribes from their homes in the Deep South and makes them march on the trail of tears, where they relocate to Eastern Oklahoma.