Andrew Jackson entered the presidency a national hero out of the West for his heroics
             portrayed during the War of 1812 and his expedition against the Seminoles in Spanish
             Florida. A natural leader, he commanded immense loyalty from supporters. No man of
             his time was at once so loved and so deeply despised. His blunt words and acts forced
             men to declare themselves, for or against him. The movement we have come to call
             Jacksonian Democracy borrowed more than just a powerful name. It projected into
             politics a fighting image of the man who would save the republic from its enemies. His
             contibutions have been recognized by many and Roosevelt said "his unending
             contribution to the vitality of our democracy. We look back on his amazing contibution to
             the vitality of our democracy. We look back on his amazing personality, we review his
             battles because the struggles he went through, the enemies he encountered, the defeats he
             suffered and the victories he won are part of parcel of the struggles, the enmities, the
             defeats and the victories of those who lived in all generation that have followed."1 By
             preserving the Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of
             economic opportunity of our nation, Andrew Jackson and his supporters built astrong
             foundation over which our nation has succeeded in becoming "the greast country in the
             greates planet." Jackson and his supporters offered a distinct alternative to the strong
             central government advocated by John Quincy Adams. The Jacksonians were committed
             to the concept of an agrarian society. Jackson injected new vigor into the philosophy of
             limited government. In 1830, he vetoed the Maysville Road Bill which would have
             funded the construction of a 60-mile turnpike from Maysville to Lexington, Kentucky.
             He felt that the allocation of federal funds towards the internal improvement of a single
             state was unconstitutional...