Andrew Jackson DBQ

The time period of 1828 to 1836 was an eight year time span in which Andrew Jackson, a Democrat, serve two terms as president of the United States in which he sought to be a champion of the common man. To fully understand this time period, one must look at the the context. Before this period, the Democratic-Republicans most recently controlled the presidency under John Quincy Adam, who won the 1824 election against Jackson due to the Corrupt Bargain. This led to anger and resentment towards Adams and drastically destroyed his political party's image. In addition, beginning in the West as new states were being added their constitutions allowed for all white males to participate in voting. As a result of this, the East also began to follow suit,

This can be seen in the 1832 Supreme Court majority opinion on the Worcester v. Georgia case favored the Indian’s side displaying them as their own country and were not subject to the rule of the United States. Jackson would go on to ignore Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia and continue to remove Indians, pushing them towards the West. This was a direct violation of the Constitution, but through it Jackson opened lands for the common man aiding them (Document E). In context, Andrew Jackson approved the creation of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, which enabled for money to be spent on expediting federal negotiations with Indians to remove them. Additionally, the Black Hawk War which lasted from 1831 to 1832 displayed to American’s the hostility go the Indians and the need for their removal. This caused Andrew Jackson to violate the constitution as he sought to remove the Indians in order to protect and aid the common man. A growing amount of the population, especially the elites, were critical of Jackson’s actions with one political cartoonist displaying Andrew Jackson as a king who violated the Constitution depicted with him standing over it. Through this, the cartoonists sought to display the anti-Jacksonian belief that Jackson abused the executive power for his own good and overused his right to veto. When in reality Jackson violated the constitution in order to aid the common man, especially seen in the removal of the Indians which he did even after the Supreme Court made it unconstitutional (Document F). In context, Jackson had violated the Constitution multiple times to aid the common man especially seen in how he ignored Supreme Court orders by removing Indians. Additionally, Jackson continually vetoed a majority of congressional measures as seen in the Maysville Road measure which he vetoed. Through violating the