How Did Andrew Jackson Impeached

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President Andrew Jackson broke the law by removing the Cherokee Indians. Andrew Jackson thought the Indians were property of the United States and not landowners. When Jackson became president he commanded that the Indians should be removed. The other branches did not approve of Andrew Jackson’s actions. I believe that Andrew Jackson should have been impeached because he went against the constitution. However, Jackson was not removed from office and impeached because citizens did not care about the Indians and Jackson was a common man. I would not categorize President Jackson as a “common man” he was the president, a person who the citizens look up to and a person who has the job to be a leader. When President Jackson agreed to become president

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