President
Andrew Jacksons policies affected the lives of people throughout the country, including those
people living in Mississippi. When President Jackson supported the enforcement of the high
protective tariff of 1828, the people in Mississippi were affected. The main job of most people
in Mississippi was farming. A large amount of cotton was being grown. The high protective
tariff, while good for the northern states, was harmful to southern states like Mississippi. The
people in Mississippi would now pay more to buy American products than they would have had to
pay if they could have bought European products without the protective tariff being placed on
them.
The Indian Removal Act affected the Native Americans living in
Mississippi. This law forced many Native American tribes that were living east of the
Mississippi River to move to the lands west of the Mississippi River. The Chickasaw tribe was
one tribe in Mississippi that was affected by this law.
The people of
Mississippi were affected by Presidents Jackson desire to get rid of the national bank. When
President Jackson refused to extend the banks charter, he placed the governments money into
state banks. It was easier to get loans from state banks. When Jackson issued the Specie
Circular to slow investment in western lands using government funds, the led to a major economic
crisis in 1837, once the Specie Circular went into effect. The people of Mississippi were
affected by the economic downturn. Many plantation owners suffered tremendously because of this
crisis. Some lost their plantations.
Andrew Jacksons policies affected the
entire country, including the people in Mississippi.
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