Jacksonian Democrat DBQ
During the early period of independent America, many of the founding fathers and early leaders tended to be elite, aristocratic and well educated, a curse that the common man had fought hard to get away from in their revolution from Great Britain. The common man wanted to have a voice and be heard. The presidential election of 1824 had angered the people of America as the general consensus was ignored and the aristocratic House of Representatives decided the election. The people's nominee, Andrew Jackson, had been a great general in the War of 1812; he was intelligent even without a college degree and was born in the heart of America off of the eastern seaboard. Andrew Jackson was the image of the common man. Jackson and his followers, the Jacksonian-Democrats, looked on themselves as the protectors of the constitution and strived to protect the nation as a whole. Jacksonian-Democrats defended political democracy, which brought forth individual freedoms and assisted economic opportunity, but their claims as the guardians of the constitution were false, as they were rather protectors of the common man.Jacksonian-Democrats didn't let the constitution get in the way of their goals, especially pertaining to eco
Jackson deemed the bank a monopoly and also unconstitutional, even though the constitutionality had already been determined by the outcome of McCulloch vs. A foreigner, Harriet Martineau, reported that,". concentration of power in the hands of a few men irresponsible to the people. no exclusive privilege given to them over the waters of Charles River. It successfully expanded the money supply and formed a steady currency. Such was the case for the Jackson's signing of Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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taney's decision,
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