President Jackson’s two terms in office featured the following: the Trail of Tears, tariffs, slavery in Texas, the abolition of the national bank, and the admittance of Arkansas and Michigan to the Union. As president, he governed capably, with unbending will. Future presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Donald Trump will publicly reference his presidency as a model for their own. In fact, when asked if Andrew Jackson could have prevented the Civil War, President Harry Truman wrote, “If Jackson had been president instead of Old Buch [James Buchanan] the war might never have
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