During the 1820's and 1830's, the Jacksonian Democrats rose to power, viewing themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. The Jacksonian Democrats’ goal was to create more democratic and economically equal society. They felt it was their duty to be the guardians of the United States. Even though they achieved great success in strengthening political democracy and the equality of economic opportunity, the Jacksonian’s belief of themselves are untrue due to the fact that they still did not protect the freedom, liberties, and full equality of the people of the United States. During the Jacksonian Era the fight for the common man was a big issue. Jackson …show more content…
Of course still at this time white men still had a greater advantage over many other. Blacks and Native Americans were still looked down upon. During Jackson’s presidency, there was a need for land expansion, so Jackson chose to seek more land in the west. This was easy for him; the only thing he had a problem with were the Native Americans. So Jackson decided to go against the Supreme Court and ignore the Indian’s rights and removed them from that part of the land. Having most of them suffer when he sent them on the Trail of Tears, that can be clearly seen in the painting (Document G); causing many of them the die. Not to forget African American still forced to be slaves in many of the states. Still during this time slavery had not been completely abolished and was still seen acceptable among many whites, including Jackson and his Jacksonians. They really did not do or get involved in trying to abolish slavery, instead they encouraged it . They may have strictly followed the Constitution, but didn’t intend to follow the part that says, “all men are created