Andrew Jackson Dbq

Andrew Jackson was a man of his time, elected in 1828 he became the seventh president of the United States of America. He leads several victorious battles during his time, this includes when he lead an attack on the British on January 8, 1815, since this leap was taken it helped contribute to his presidency. As read within the Background Essay, he started out as the Tennessee representative at only 29 he gradually moved up within a year to become the senate. In 1824, Jackson decided to run for president of the United States, the vote was separated down the middle and Jackson was outraged at the results he argued that he had the majority of the people's votes and it was only fair for him to be elected. Motivated Jackson was determined to create
While serving his terms he was for the people voting and deciding what they wanted, he believed they were capable of leading themselves. As seen in Document 1 over the course of time Jackson had an impact on the ways people were able to have rights, when looking at the chart an individual is able to notice from around the time of 1824 the methods of electing presidential electors was changing from it being more legislative to eventually become by the people. As it reaches 1828, the time when Jackson was elected president, it is noticeable that the majority is now by the people this is consistent till around 1836 when a new president was about to be elected because Jackson’s term was coming to an end. As said in Document 2 “..was a “revolution” compared to that of the 1800…”Shall the people rule?” cried the Jacksonians. The answering roar seemed to be “The people shall rule”..” this is showing that Jackson believed that people should have a voice, people believed in Jackson and what he was saying, even though some believed in him others didn't as said by Daniel Webster in Document 2 “ Persons have come five hundred miles to see General Jackson, and they really think that the county is rescued from some dreadful danger.” when this is being said, it shows that he believed Jackson was not really going to help, yet Jackson was making it seem as if there were a danger among them and
On July 10, 1832, Jackson wrote Congress as seen in Document 4 explaining his concerns about how he believed that the government and the rich had too much power when it came to the banking system. He believed that the federal banks were a bad thing, but we should rather have money distributed to local banks by doing so this it would limit the power of both the government and the wealthy. As Jackson says in Document 4 “It appears that more than a fourth part of the stock is held by foreigners and the (rest) is held by a few hundred of our own citizens, chiefly of the richest class.” This is showing that he was not for the higher powers having all of the say as he also says “ ..the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of the government to their selfish purpose.” the more power that government and the wealth gain the worse it will be for people of a lower class. Not only did Jackson believe these things, but he also believed that a large sum of money should go toward farmers since they were the majority during that time. Even though Jackson was a powerful man in what he spoke, he received a letter from Daniel Webster on July 11, 1832, as seen in Document 5, in this letter Webster revolted back by saying “ ...the seeds of jealousy and ill-will against the government of which is the author is the head....It manifestly seeks to inflame the poor against the rich, it wantonly