Andrew Jackson, the president of the United States has expanded the country very much. During that process, he has removed many Indians. The trail is prosecuting Andrew Jackson for crimes against humanity. The prosecution argues while white settlers" moved west, Andrew Jackson made it worse by taking away Indian rights and treating Indians inhumanely. All he wanted is to take them out of the way not for expansion but rather personal reasons. The defense says that Andrew Jackson has not committed any wrongful acts, and only removed the Indians for the interest of the people. However, after looking at both sides of the case, it is obvious by the end of the trail that Andrew Jackson is guilty for crimes against humanity. .
First on the stand was Black Hawk. Whites attacked his tribe even after they surrendered and the whites kept killing them. Jackson treated hawk very bad after the war. Usually prisoners of war treated good if they are leaders ad some compromise is sought but Jackson did nothing like that. This shows his personality as a disrespectful person and a personal hate towards the Indians. .
Second was John Marshall who ruled that Cherokees should not be treated inhumanly by the government but Jackson was against the Indians and showed his disapproval of the verdict by continuing to remove them from their homes. He as the president should have been good to everyone and respected Marshall's judgement but he did just the opposite.
Third on the stand for prosecution was Henry Clay. He ran for president in 1824. After loosing, he gave support to Adams. Adams won maybe from Clays help but then Jackson started hating him and destroyed his other 2 chances to be president. He also vetoed a bill for making a road in Kentucky, which was clays home state. This shows that he uses personal reasons to hurt others. .
Last on the stand for the prosecution was Nicholas Biddle. He was the president of the bank points out that Jackson was afraid of the bank so took it out.
