The Jacksonian Era was a time of great change. Upon Jackson's election, it was obvious that there was a power shift from the northeast to the west and south. Jackson was elected because he was believed to be the "common mans president" and would help people of the middle and lower class achieve success. The Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as protectors of the United States Constitution, democracy, individual liberty and economic opportunity. However, they only helped write males gained liberties, minorities we not helped during this time.
             Jackson was elected to be president because the workingmen felt he would help them gain equality with the wealthy rich class. This is evident in Document A where George Evans writes, "The Working Men's Declarations of Independence." He inserts his own words into the Declaration and writes things like mankind, in general, is a class all by itself and also says that the government shouldn't let certain classes of society (rich class) have an advantage over other classes which are the middle and poor classes. This altered Declaration shows Jacksonian ideals of equality for the workingman. Jackson's ideals were then put into action when he vetoed the Bank of the United States. He explained in this veto message (doc B) that the bank's "power (is) in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people." He vetoed the act because he felt that the rich and powerful would only use the bank for themselves while the common man suffered. This proved that Jackson sought to help the workingman. Three years later, Jackson was confronted with another problem. In 1832, South Carolina was sick of high protective tariffs that had been increasing since the Tariff of Abominations of 1828, decided to nullify a national law, the Tariff of 1832. In response, he threatened to invade South Carolina to enforce this law, this was another example of Jackson defending the Constitution.
             In 1837, Chief Justice Roger B. T...