Andrew Jackson Research Paper

Ariana Jones

Ms. Galvin

APUSH Unit 3 Essay

28 October 2014

Andrew Jackson had many ideas about what could make democracy in America greater, which gained him a large group of supporters from all around the nation. The people saw Jackson as many things from the “Frontier Aristocrat” for his vast life experience to “Old Hickory” because of his toughness. The people loved his jack-of-all-trades persona, which many thought made him the personification of the west. He commanded fear and respect from his subordinates, and was known for his unflexing ways when it came to achieving what he wanted. The era of Jacksonian Democracy demonstrated the extensive power of the "common man" through the leadership of Andrew Jackson, a self proclaimed “common

They referred to him as the “frontier aristocrat,” for his vast life experiences, and because he had been out west and promoted westward expansion. He was also referred to as “Old Hickory” for his toughness by his subordinates in the military. Andrew Jackson was someone with a jack-of-all-trades persona, that invited the “common” people to support him. The common people viewed him as the personification of the west, which led them to elect him as president. While in office he served as a direct voice of the people, often disregarding others including the Supreme Court, in which used his presidential veto 12 times in order to give the people what they desired. Jackson caused Jacksonian Democracy to increase the power of the common man because he was seen by the people as one of them and used his power to give the people what they

The election of 1832, seemed to revolve around the issue of whether or not to keep the 2nd Bank of the United States with Henry Clay supporting the bank and Andrew Jackson opposing it. Jackson distrusted the bank after his huge financial loss when the first bank collapsed and the bank notes he had were bad. He also felt it had hindered the westward expansion. The location of it had seemed to favor the North and oppress the South by making it difficult for the people, who wanted to settle in the west, to have access to money. When he was elected president, he decided to get rid of the bank because he felt it was the reason his supporters, the common people, had voted him into office. He declared War on the 2nd Bank of the U.S. because he felt it separated the privileged class from the common man, through the amount of control that private corporations had. This was a direct example of how Andrew Jackson used the Jacksonian belief, that the privileged should not control federal matters, but instead the common people