Andrew Jackson is DONE… but the chaos he left behind? Oh dear, it’s still smoldering. In this episode, we’re dragging Old Hickory for his real presidential legacy—bulldozing Native Americans off their land under the banner of “benevolence” (translation: bayonets and bad faith).

We’re serving up the receipts: the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, shady treaties signed by randos with zero authority, Florida invasions that Spain did not RSVP to, and the Trail of Tears—which wasn’t one sad walk, but YEARS of forced marches, death, and constitutional middle fingers. Even the Supreme Court told him “no” and Jackson basically said, “Cute. Anyway…”

Need a brain break from this dumpster fire? Watch Eric’s TED Talk on the Aunt Sally effect—why knowing actual people from another group might just save you from being a raging jerk: Eric Mason –The Aunt Sally Effect (TEDx)

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Music:

Semper Fidelis by Heftone Banjo Orchestra, Free Music Archive, license CC-BY-SA

Images:

Battle of Horseshoe Bend: The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Fort Jackson Treaty: Lossing-Barrett, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Land Ceded by Treaty: Dystopos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Adams Onis Treaty Map: Milenioscuro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cession Southeast Tribes: Wtfiv, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Anonymous Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Davy Crockett: Artist Chester Harding, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

John Marshall: Henry Inman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

$20 bill: Yeezy.com, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Chocktaw & Chickasaw Cessions: Trinitarian Creek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Treaty of Payne’s Landing: Anthony Finley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Creek Land Cessions: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Chickasaw Cessions: Charles C. Royce, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cherokee Land Cessions: Charles C. Royce, Indian land cessions in the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Winfield Scott: Robert Walter Weir, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons