Andrew Jackson Dbq Essay

The early 1820’s was a time of conflict between two established parties: the National Republicans and Democratic Republicans. John Quincy Adams won the election of 1824, with Henry Clay as his Secretary of State. However, the following presidential elections were won by Andrew Jackson and soon public officials are replaced with Jacksonian Democrats. Although majority of Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as champion for the “Common People”, Jackson only protected the rights of white common men and their equality of economic opportunity, while failing to protect the individual liberty of minorities, even oppressing them. President Jackson fought to protect equality of economic opportunity by preventing the wealthy to have full control of

However, Jackson did fail to defend the individual liberty of minorities like African Americans and Native Americans, in fact their rights were taken away. President Jackson defended the equality of economic opportunity. For instance, Jackson vetoed the bill for the recharter of the Bank of the United States in Doc 2. Jackson’s point of view of the bank was that it’s unconstitutional and it only benefits the Whig elites. His purpose was to veto the bill for the bank to save the common good. In addition, Jackson felt that the executive branch had more power than the judicial branch with this bill. On the other hand, the Bank War of 1832 resides as Jackson and Daniel Webster had conflicting opinions over the Bank’s charter in Doc 3. The intended audience for this document is Jackson, as he was the person that vetoed the bill. The purpose of this document is to inform Jackson of the consequences of

For example, Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act, which made the Indians (specifically the Cherokee) to move even further to the west. The intended audience for the painting is the public. The purpose of this party is to elicit sympathy for the Indians in the Trail of Tears. The point of view is from an American painter in years much later than the event. Jackson taking the Indians habitat away from them and reserving it for white people is a direct violation of their rights. Another example was from Harriet Martineau’s visit to the United State. In 1834, she witnesses the reliance on forced labor by the Southern economy and women working in factories. The South has flourished into a strong agricultural industry, often reliant on foreign trade. Martineau analyzes how much America closely follows their constitution, coming from a British perspective. She was stunned by how unequal the women’s education is compared to a man, and how rampant slavery was throughout the South. This shows that Jacksonian Democrats are not as liberal or by the book on the Constitution as they like to think they