Andrew Meacham's History: Andrew Jackson And The Whig Party

Last of all, opponents to Meacham may find Jackson’s biography to be inaccurate in portraying Jackson’s motives and goals: to become the voice of the people (Meacham 46). They could argue that Jackson ignored of the Southern plight during the Nullification Crisis and that he could have listened to its people to deal with the situation easier and that most of his actions seemed corrupt; however, Jackson did in fact succeed in increasing the average person’s voice into the government. Though he didn't listen to the southern people during the nullification crisis and threatened the use of force, he believed that secession was treason and that the state government was responsible so he acted in the way he knew best. Most of all, Jackson succeeded …show more content…
To get started, Meacham did not need to go into depth with the Whig Party, but it is the way he refers to them in his book which makes this event in Jackson’s life vague and lackluster. To understand how Meacham left out a significant piece of information, according to the Encyclopedia of Britannica, the Whig Party was able to pull together because of the members’ hatred of Andrew Jackson and the fact that the Federalist Party had dissolved (Whig). America’s History Eighth Edition Textbook also adds on about the significance of the Whig Party and how it attempted to Thwart Jackson and his goals, but the important information is that the Whig Party consisted of the people in the federalist Party which has quite the audience(Lomb. The problem start with the way Meacham refers to the Whig party; the Whig Party is only Henry Clay and the leadership and it’s almost always personal in his encounters. He portrays the Whig as an evil organization set to stop justice from occurring and gives no true background on why they opposed him. Furthermore, by leaving out this bit of information, Meacham leaves out Jackson’s opposition in