Comparison Of 1824: Candidate Andrew Jackson

Throughout Jackson’s presidency, Jackson was prone to making questionable decisions. One of Jackson’s most monumental blunders was when he decided to relocate tens of thousands of innocent Native Americans. Jackson was a huge fan of the idea of Americans moving westward to unsettled areas. The Native Americans occupied the areas that Jackson wanted to transform into American cities. That did not halt Jackson from doing what he desired. Jackson displayed his egocentric behavior and called for the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Jackson wanted to move the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations from their southeastern homes to Oklahoma. The Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations all somewhat cooperatively deserted their homes at the request of the Americans with little fight. These nations forfeited their land, homes and possessions to walk the Trail of Tears, an 850-mile path from the southeastern states to Oklahoma. American soldiers forcefully kept the Natives moving without breaks. Throughout the trek, thousands of Natives died from sickness and starvation. One tribe, the Cherokees from Georgia,

Andrew Jackson has gone down as one of the best presidents in United States history and that’s because he did many great things to improve the United States. Throughout his presidency he constantly abused his power as the president and did many things that expanded the powers of the president. One of the biggest things that President Jackson did while in office was pass the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was when Jackson forced all the Indians to move to the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, while the Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional. Many of the Indians went peacefully, but many of the Indians also decided to protest and take it to the Supreme Court (Darrenkamp). While the court did side with the Indians Jackson and Congress forced the Indians to give up their land. The federal troops were called in to escort the Indians to their new land. Fifteen thousand Indians were forced to move and while on their way about a third of the Indians died, and this event became to be known as the Trail of Tears (Darrenkamp). Jackson had

The building nation of the United States of America is built on the central idea of having a democracy, in which people are given opportunity, freedom, and equality. Around the late 1820s to 1840s, the United States of America approached a period commonly known as the Jacksonian Era. The Jacksonian Era is often depicted with its democratization of politics and it is tightly associated Jackson’s two-term presidency. The era also featured him as a prominent, unique white man, but most importantly, a figure of the “common man.” Before the Jacksonian Era, Andrew Jackson had been involved in the skewed Election of 1824, which he had just barely lost to his running mates. Later, after redeeming himself by winning two consecutive elections, Jackson

A democratic society was on the rise and many Americans believed in equality but ignored enslaved African Americans. Government moved out of the houses of rich men and into the houses of the middle and lower- classes; education improved, suffrage laws were enacted, and newspapers were increasingly circulated. The political parties greatly changed; third parties began to rise, four candidates were chosen for one party, and Andrew Jackson lost his first election to John Adams. Adams lost his reelection to Jackson; both of whom created smear campaigns for each other, this improved voter turnout. Jackson represented the common man, throughout his presidency he served

Voters in 1828 celebrated election day because all white males, no matter how much money or education they had could vote. His campaign told people to vote for him if they believed the people should govern. (Document 1) This evidence helps explain how Andrew Jackson is a democratic supporter of the people because this document shows how Jackson taking away property requirements for voting made there be more voters, the vote being given to the “common man”. Jackson believed in the type of government where the people

Looking at the ballots of 1828 and 1832, Andrew Jackson was clearly labeled as a Democratic Republic, a party founded by Thomas Jefferson. These Democrats supposedly believed in the ideas of a limited central government, states’ rights, and protection of the liberty of individuals. However, based on these principles, tyrannous “King Andrew I” may not be as democratic as one may think. Jackson shifted the Presidency to a more personal style, by vetoing anything that disagreed with his own beliefs, rather than the beliefs of the people. Through the Indian Removal Act, the Spoils System, and the Bank War, Andrew Jackson revealed himself to be a non-democrat who cared more about himself than the people. And among these people, natives and slaves were given the least liberties out of all the racial groups in America at the time.

The Jacksonian democracy of the 1820s-1830s is often associated with an expansion of the political influence, economic opportunities, and social equality available to “the common man,” a concept of the masses which President Andrew Jackson and his newly founded Democratic party came to represent. The new administration certainly saw gains for the majority; namely, public participation in government increased to unprecedented levels, and several economic decisions were made to favor the people over monopolies. Beginning with their exaggerated portrayal of the “corrupt” 1824 election however, the Jacksonian democrats also left a legacy of substantial miscalculations

Andrew Jackson led a political movement primarily aimed at providing greater democracy for the common man, which became known as Jacksonian democracy. Jackson thought of himself as a man of the people. He had been born in poverty and was the first president since George Washington without a college education. Jackson is credited for spreading political power from the established elites to the ordinary voters. Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. Jacksonian democracy spread throughout American politics and was the most prominent issue till the rise of the slavery issue in the 1850s. It is considered to be a vital movement in American democracy which inspired important later events and movements. One effect was that by the 1830s, all white American males could vote

Andrew Jackson’s ‘Era of the Common Man’ or the ‘Jacksonian Period’ (1824-1845) starts at his inauguration, and ends as the Civil War begins. Jackson was the first president that was not born into wealth or education, but instead made his own wealth, and taught himself up to a prime education, a ‘self-made man’, as some may say, this and his military history made him the defining figure of his age. Although, he downplayed his past successes to make him more like the ‘common man’, and appeal to the voters, his past, and his future changes to political policies, economy, and the overall society, marks this special period as the Era of the Common Man.

The second incident where Jackson stood by his solicitude for state rights was in the removal of the Indian tribes. Jackson has been associated mainly with his decision to support Georgia in its efforts to remove the Cherokee from their land, despite a Supreme Court ruling against the state. However his enthusiastic support for Indian removal was "undoubtedly one of the reasons he swept the southern states in the 1828 election" . Jackson had Native Indian policy on his mind from the beginning as he saw that Indians were subject to American sovereignty and that national security demanded they be removed. Removal to the West would increase the security of the US from outside attacks. Upon

The Jackson Presidency can be considered truly democratic by his actions that represent the will of the people, even if the will of the people disobeys the will of the government. Andrew Jackson was considered to be the people’s president. His economic background showed him to be someone who came from a poor family, thus making him relatable to the ‘common man’. Document one’s purpose is to display the number of presidential electors chosen by state legislatures. The previous election, before Jackson’s first term as President, shows five states had Presidential electors chosen by state legislatures.

During the end of his first term as president, he issued the Indian Removal Act. Jackson had a history with the Native Americans. He was a war hero in the Battle of New Orleans, and also took out the Creek Indians in 1813 and 1814 in Alabama. Jackson did not consider them as citizens, and wanted to relocate the Native Americans so there would be more land for the American citizens to settle in. According to Document 10, the Indians were relocated to territory west of the Mississippi.

Jackson’s presidency (1824-1841) is celebrated as the era of the “common man,” meaning that Jackson acknowledged and included the working class in the political process. However, this era should not be credited to this extent because Jackson’s developments both economically and politically did not meet the standards imposed by his own rhetoric. He encouraged democracy, but only to a limited group (white men). He spoke of limiting the elite, but only at the expense of the country’s economic well being (national bank). He promised a distribution of power, but only increased his own to the point of being called a monarch. Jackson’s legacy aided the common men but not to the point of overshadowing all of Jackson’s shortcomings and hypocrisy that ended up hurting them even more.

In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States. This moment brought forth both positive and negative reactions. Most historians agree that it was a pivotal moment in American history, but many disagree on what it truly represents. In The United States: 1830-1850, Frederick Jackson Turner discusses how Jackson becoming president represents the triumph of democracy and of the common man. In The Presidential Game: The Origins of American Presidential Politics, Richard P. Mccormick discusses how Jackson’s election represents the triumph of the two-party system and of campaign culture (both of which he seems to consider detrimental). Both arguments recognize the importance of Jackson’s election, but they draw different conclusions,

One of the defining moments of President Andrew Jackson’s career, if not the most significant, was the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This was a controversial bill at the time and the impact from it is still felt today. The Indian Removal Act directly led to the displacement of thousands of Native Americans; including four thousand deaths during the Trail of Tears, the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma. While overt racism played a clear role in relocating Native Americans past the Mississippi, it is possible that other factors were at play. The living conditions in many of the states were poor for Natives and Jackson hoped that giving them a new location to live could remedy these problems while opening the land up for white settlers.