Andrew Jackson was a president in the United States and very important in the American History. For some he was a popular guy but others disliked him strongly. Andrew Jackson was democratic. Some may say that he isn’t; this topic is still argued about to this day. Back then people had the idea that democracy was understood as someone who listened to the people and did what they asked in the terms of the government. With everything historians have studied, Andrew Jackson is pointed towards being very democratic. He let the people expand westward to have more land, gave more power to the people in the government and gave the right to vote for a lot of people. Andrew Jackson is considered to be an unruly is some people’s eyes but all he wanted was the advancement in the peoples culture. He let the common people expand westward. Although it seemed harsh for him to remove the Indians from their ground he stated that it would be a horrible and dreadful thing if the American government forced the Native Americans off of their homelands. He just wanted them to leave voluntarily and live under the …show more content…
For example he decided to let the people vote on the state senators and take a part in presidential elections also. The presidential elections slowly went from being almost completely all legislatures to majorly the people voting. Jackson focused and encouraged giving power to the common people. The American people liked him so much that they traveled from all over the country just to go see him. As our land got bigger and we gained more territory, Andrew Jackson changed many regulations. Like the requirement on voting and what required states to own land. By taking away some of the requirements of voting and trying to reach out to the people, like the farmers, he succeeded in giving the people of the nation the ability to choose who they would like to be represented