re: Why do people look down on Andrew Jackson, but praise FDR?

Simply, biased history (it's all biased, I know). American history taught us how great fdr was and how everything he did was wonderful, especially the new deal, and how it was all the republicans and greedy capitalists' fault that the crash happened. They also taught that Jackson was known for the trail of tears and he fought in both wars against Britain. Also that he was so horrible because he didn't support the great FED.

Luckily, I went to private school in Louisiana. In La history I learned about Jackson, and how much of a hero he was to New Orleans, the war of 1812, and how he influenced our relations with Britain and the rest of the world. It was because I had a non-liberal teacher in American history, that added reality to the textbooks.

Lastly, when I was young info was not so easily obtained, and all you had were the biased sources. It is so easy to get disparaging opinions now, but you have to go looking, and most would rather not, or are too lazy.