Andrew Jackson: Founder of the Democratic Party (1829 - 1837)

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  • čas přidán 4. 12. 2017
  • President #7 represents a huge shift in American political history. The first six were educated members of the upper class, but Jackson was a commoner, elected on a wave of populist enthusiasm. He was also the founder of the modern Democratic Party. Was he a champion for the common man? Was he just a racist bigot? Was he somewhere in between? Let's get through some details about his life and administration.
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Komentáře • 131

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat Před 6 lety +53

    Thanks for the shout out! What an epic video. You got the highlights, although one thing I will add was the fact that he had not one, but two bullets stuck in his chest at one time that doctors had left in because it was too dangerous to take out. Such an interesting dude, probably the most fascinating in American history.

  • @Firstthunder
    @Firstthunder Před rokem +11

    Hard for a Native American to swallow and ignore to claim allegiance to anything Jackson. He was the “kill the Indian, save the man” era of Indian policy. This campaign devastated us. It’s been hard to recover our spirits.

    • @Mike117_
      @Mike117_ Před rokem

      And yet people still think democrats are good people.

  • @robinjohnson8149
    @robinjohnson8149 Před 4 lety +33

    Not just a Democrat, but the Founder of it.

  • @lico2661
    @lico2661 Před 4 lety +25

    I didn’t know science Jesus covered history... keep being awesome

  • @travelingbySEA
    @travelingbySEA Před 3 lety +7

    These are excellent videos! I plan on watching every single one. Hopefully more are made after Truman!

  • @DUEX
    @DUEX Před 6 lety +3

    Sir, I am Great Fan Of yours. Pls Can U Make Some Lectures On Computer Science Like Language processing, Hardware In detail etc.

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před 6 lety +7

      unfortunately i know literally nothing about computers but one day i will hire someone to write computer science content for me! it might be a while though.

  • @jungerknaut
    @jungerknaut Před 5 lety +42

    Jackson was a hardcore badass. I love that democrats have the jackass as their symbol to this day, even though 90% of them probably hate him and want him removed from the twenty. I'd bet 90% of them also don't know that he founded their party haha.

    • @n0days0ff81
      @n0days0ff81 Před 4 lety +7

      @Johnny Clay well in white History he doesn't but in real history where he slaughter women and children in a settlement I'm sure he was stressed out.

    • @rc7625
      @rc7625 Před 3 lety +2

      @Jungerknaut: We know this. And? Just like many Republicans in the South hate Lincoln? Another wingnut ignorant of history.

    • @cryaboutit6670
      @cryaboutit6670 Před 3 lety +2

      @Awesome Sauce many

    • @taskyamaura7576
      @taskyamaura7576 Před 3 lety +2

      @Scottie Ferguson yeayy that his final photo of him before his died at 1845

    • @DylanGames1000
      @DylanGames1000 Před 2 lety +2

      The Democratic Party has always been on the wrong side of history

  • @JayReaction530
    @JayReaction530 Před 3 lety +6

    oddly enough Jefferson was said to not like him

  • @Kai-tn4yx
    @Kai-tn4yx Před 2 lety +5

    He also adopted a Native American child.

    • @15kewlguy
      @15kewlguy Před rokem +2

      He adopted two. Theodore & Lyncoya Jackson. Both died when they were still young.

  • @JenkinsRTMS
    @JenkinsRTMS Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks!

  • @sir_aken9706
    @sir_aken9706 Před 6 lety +12

    What isn’t Professor Dave Explaining?

    • @Crayon3aterGaming
      @Crayon3aterGaming Před 5 lety +8

      That Good ole Andrew Jackson was a racist and the Democratic party was founded to preserve slavery? 🤔

    • @samnelson4975
      @samnelson4975 Před 4 lety

      @@Crayon3aterGaming the only thing worse than slavery was emancipation.

    • @brieziethirteen13
      @brieziethirteen13 Před 2 lety

      @@Crayon3aterGaming That he handed Native Americans infected blankets , before he marched them down the trail of tears.He was an oportunist and totalitarian.

    • @dyingemu1461
      @dyingemu1461 Před 2 lety

      @@Crayon3aterGaming 0:50

    • @williamschnarr7961
      @williamschnarr7961 Před 18 dny

      Lol the guys saying he didn't explain that he was "racist." As a matter of fact Dave did cover that in the video

  • @timmcclymont3527
    @timmcclymont3527 Před 5 lety +10

    This is, by far, the most informative video I have found thus far in my quest to learn everything about Jackson. Instead of my regular rhetoric "Jackson was a legend," this video deserves a dialectic response. I found it astounding that a frontier man such as Jackson would fail to realize the folly of a direct democratic approach to the election of President. How could he have overlooked the glaring population difference between, say, Tennessee and New York? Regardless, you have earned yourself a feverent subscriber with your amazingly unbiased delivery.

    • @samnelson4975
      @samnelson4975 Před 4 lety +5

      before the 17th amend the state governments picked senators, insuring that each state had 2 votes and could real in federal power.

  • @uppjdw
    @uppjdw Před 3 lety +3

    How did Jackson become one of the largest slave owners in Tennessee? How did Jackson become extremely wealthy owning large tracts of land in the South?

  • @user-gy3yi1yu6e
    @user-gy3yi1yu6e Před 5 lety +15

    Andrew Jackson was also in extremely racist man

  • @MrK67017
    @MrK67017 Před 3 lety +5

    And the dude is still on the 20.00 bill. I say A.J. should stay on the bill as he is a significant part of American history. We should consider a similar way to honor the 40k Native Americans whose lives he tore apart so that a more accurate depiction of American history is presented.

    • @mfspectacular
      @mfspectacular Před 3 lety +5

      If he saw himself on that fiat money, he'd start a new war against the fed reserve. That isnt an honor, but a mockery of his legacy

    • @MsColl90
      @MsColl90 Před 3 lety

      @@mfspectacular there is much to mock about his legacy.

    • @mfspectacular
      @mfspectacular Před 3 lety +1

      @@MsColl90 still the only president to kill off the central banks & our debt 🤷‍♂️ got a hard time focusing solely on his craziness as a general & such when that's the case

    • @devontaelafleur3841
      @devontaelafleur3841 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mfspectacular Bill Clinton enters the chat bro.

    • @mfspectacular
      @mfspectacular Před 3 lety

      @@devontaelafleur3841 didnt end the fed, barely made a dent in the debt. Was just another empty suit

  • @robi8020
    @robi8020 Před 3 lety +1

    I heard he placed alcohol not punch on the lawn to get the people out

  • @lulcy789
    @lulcy789 Před 4 dny +1

    First he saved my chem grade now he’s saving my apush grade okay respect

  • @madampresident6255
    @madampresident6255 Před 2 lety +2

    Andrew Jackson was the first president that I dislike.

  • @curvedtoaster5931
    @curvedtoaster5931 Před 3 lety +3

    Can you explain who joe is

  • @nerdtalk1789
    @nerdtalk1789 Před 2 lety +15

    Love him or hate him, man was a badass

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Před rokem

      I choose to hate a racist bigot from centuries ago where it doesn't even matter in modern times.

    • @nerdtalk1789
      @nerdtalk1789 Před rokem +1

      @@chrisrj9871 Well it definitely mattered then, and yeah ofc he was a racist, everyone was back then, that was the times. Not defending what he did but many founding fathers owned slaves, some of the best ones even, but it was common practice at the time. I think it’s important to take time into account.

  • @runitonce7791
    @runitonce7791 Před 2 lety +1

    Native American, not Indian. C'mon man

  • @88MasterBuck
    @88MasterBuck Před rokem +4

    @professordave, I'm a conservative (an actually well informed one), and I have to tell you how much I appreciate your videos, your insight, and the time you take to make them. Sincerely, thank you. Plus, you and I can get past our political differences, and come together in the effort to go get those flat earthers 🤣

  • @teodytrinidad9497
    @teodytrinidad9497 Před 2 lety +1

    Re sourcing

  • @shanejones1145
    @shanejones1145 Před 5 lety +14

    Andrew Jackson was a liberal by the standards of his time.
    people tend to forget that the most forward thinking left winged liberal of today will be viewed in the same light in another 200 years. Even Obama will be seen in the same way we view Andrew Jackson by future Generations.
    John Kennedy was a liberal by the standards of the early 1960s but his policies were no different than Ronald Reagan's in the 1980s and would be looked at as ultra right wing today.
    That's how change and Progress is made.
    Franklin Roosevelt was the most liberal President since Abraham Lincoln but his policies and world view would be out of step with most Americans today.

    • @rumble1925
      @rumble1925 Před 5 lety +7

      Uhm, Obama was not a left winger in any way. He was economically a neoliberal which is squarely on the right of the political spectrum. He has more in common with Reagan than anyone on the left. Liberals and fiscal conservatives tend to agree with the left on social issues... but don't confuse that with actual left ideology.

    • @stucclikechucc
      @stucclikechucc Před 2 lety

      you my friend are correct because we keep moving in the opposite direction we should be philosophically and politically speaking of course. all the greatest civilizations have fallen from liberalism it will happen again. as life gets better there becomes less and less real stuff to complain about so the people start fighting amongst themselves about dumb ideology kinda like being woke today. look at the greek empire same thing essentially. life got so good in their time they split apart fighting over things like sex's kinda like today lol

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 Před rokem

      NO. Liberal literally has the first 2 syllables of Liberty in it. There was nothing liberal about Jackson if he limited the rights and freedoms of a whole group of people.

    • @judgedredd8876
      @judgedredd8876 Před rokem

      Jackson was a conservative following the US constitution and keeping the government small. Liberals want big government and ignore the US constitution.

  • @jbearmcdougall1646
    @jbearmcdougall1646 Před 3 lety +1

    Scotch is a whisky, a drink a dram even... not a people group. Already annoyed.

  • @Old_Hickory_Jackson
    @Old_Hickory_Jackson Před 3 lety +4

    I never thought a scientist Jesus would do a video about me. I enjoyed this tho

  • @Wolfhammered
    @Wolfhammered Před rokem +2

    I’m not sure he was racist. He adopted a Creek Native baby who was left to die and raised him as his own. He also led men of every race and creed and allowed no racist remarks or racist treatment to the people of color who served underneath him.

    • @Wolfhammered
      @Wolfhammered Před rokem

      @@lostintranslation8163 Hmm, I think he was a slave master, but not a racist. Would a racist raise a Creek Indian as his own?

  • @brieziethirteen13
    @brieziethirteen13 Před 2 lety +5

    He demonstrated everything bad in democrat party that still exists today.

  • @Justice4547
    @Justice4547 Před rokem

    Actually, Thomas Jefferson, a slave owner was the father of the Democratic Party.
    The majority faction of the Democratic- Republicans coalesced into modern day Democratic Party, and the minority faction became part of the Whig Party. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828, by Andrew Jackson, also a slave owner. The Republican Party was founded 26 yrs later in 1854, for the sole purpose of abolishing slavery. Also. Jefferson had a secret open border policy with a steady flow of illegal migrants, same with Andrew Jackson, like every other democrat since them. Although, Jackson’s wasn’t a secret.

  • @richardmittelsteadt2596
    @richardmittelsteadt2596 Před 6 lety +8

    This is the best an most concise summary of Jackson’s life and presidency that I have ever experienced. Thank you Professor Dave! Doesn’t Jackson remind one of the current occupant of our White House?

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před 6 lety +5

      why thank you! haha yes indeed there are many parallels with the rise of trump. why is populism always such a worse thing than it seems like it should be?

    • @Crayon3aterGaming
      @Crayon3aterGaming Před 5 lety +8

      Soooo....we're just going to act like Jackson wasn't a racist and brutal to his slaves and that the Democratic party was the party of the kkk and proslavery? 🤷

    • @samnelson4975
      @samnelson4975 Před 4 lety

      @@Crayon3aterGaming slaves and indians were fairly minor issues during his time, best saved for kneejerk liberals

    • @shawnmoore1319
      @shawnmoore1319 Před 4 lety +4

      Professor Dave Explains seriously? You’re going to compare Trump with Jackson?! Lol
      Typical... it’s mainstream to hate on Trump and compare him to scumbags throughout history. Which tells me that you’re a dumbass 👍
      Great job!

    • @shawnmoore1319
      @shawnmoore1319 Před 4 lety +4

      MODA GAMING duh! Did you not just see these idiots claiming that Jackson and Trump “were similar”.
      Last I checked.. there wasn’t an employment rating for blacks, when jackass Jackson was in office.
      You know... cause of slavery.
      Yet trump is here creating more jobs for blacks, than ever before.
      This is just proof that the left has taken over universities and teaching bullshit propaganda. Too bad for them, the info is available elsewhere and universities don’t have a monopoly on info and knowledge. They’re just a breeding ground for leftist scum.

  • @capn4u
    @capn4u Před 2 lety +1

    Interesting Trumps Oval Office featured Andrew Jackson's portrait. Federal Reserve hater or Democratic Party founder? Have a Great Day!

  • @teodytrinidad9497
    @teodytrinidad9497 Před 2 lety +1

    Job lost

  • @judgedredd8876
    @judgedredd8876 Před rokem

    Now that's a Democrat I would would vote for!

  • @leahfitz1483
    @leahfitz1483 Před 2 lety +1

    Tbh I just wanna feel his hair…looks so ✨f l u f f y✨

  • @lourensvdberg6564
    @lourensvdberg6564 Před 4 lety +2

    That was a different democratic party

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před 4 lety +20

      nope, that's the one of today.

    • @shawnmoore1319
      @shawnmoore1319 Před 4 lety +7

      Lourens Vd berg
      Lol different? Prove it. What good things have Democrats done “for the people”?

    • @brandonjade2146
      @brandonjade2146 Před 3 lety

      @John Weber You put in a lot of work.....respect 🔥💯

    • @timothygibney159
      @timothygibney159 Před 2 lety

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains in name only. It was never a liberal party

    • @Oakcliffagent
      @Oakcliffagent Před 2 lety +1

      Same party been the same till this day

  • @DUEX
    @DUEX Před 6 lety +2

    2nd comment

  • @paulneilson6117
    @paulneilson6117 Před 4 lety +2

    Why does the president insist on pronouncing Democratic Party like a Russian. He says Democrat Party. Is he Russian?

    • @naneus8968
      @naneus8968 Před 4 lety +5

      Using the term Democrat is a derogatory term.

  • @Davidsavage8008
    @Davidsavage8008 Před 2 lety

    I liked Andrew .
    But he said we need to retire both parties to ladies party and gentlemen party.

  • @jasonc0065
    @jasonc0065 Před 4 lety +2

    Jackson was a man of the mob.

  • @LukeSky2207
    @LukeSky2207 Před 2 lety

    The father of American Imperialism

    • @dlr6666
      @dlr6666 Před 2 lety +1

      Teddy roosevelt would be more accurate