Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. To some extent, I agree that the Jacksonians were the guardians. Jackson went against nullification because it was unconstitutional and enforced the spoils system to allow common people to have public jobs. During the Jacksonian Era, universal male suffrage occurred and more economic opportunity for the common people. However, Jackson also vetoed the recharter of the Bank even though the Bank was actually constitutional and this led to the Panic of 1837. Individual liberty also led to the discrimination of other races including Native Americans. The Jacksonian Democrats were
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The spoils system was when Jackson began to reward his loyal supporters with public jobs. Jackson defended the system because he believed that the same people should not stay in the same job and that more people should have a chance to work.This helped common men get government jobs so this did favor the people. During the Jacksonian era, nominating conventions were held for the first time in 1832. These nominating conventions allowed the political parties to listen to who the people wanted the representative to be from their political party. This was democratic because the common people finally had a choice of who would be the presidential candidate for the political party they belong …show more content…
Warren Bridge, in which the Charles family was granted a charter for a bridge and then the Warren company was granted a charter to build a second bridge right next to the Charles River Bridge (Document H). The Charles family sues the Warren company because they said it interfered with their charter. However, the Supreme Court granted the Warren company the chatter because the people needed a second bridge for traffic. This encouraged competition and economic development for the common people. Also, states passed limited liability laws which allowed business owners to be a separate entity from their personal property. Even if the business went bankrupt, the owner wouldn’t lose personal property. This allowed more people to own
The spoils system was when Jackson began to reward his loyal supporters with public jobs. Jackson defended the system because he believed that the same people should not stay in the same job and that more people should have a chance to work.This helped common men get government jobs so this did favor the people. During the Jacksonian era, nominating conventions were held for the first time in 1832. These nominating conventions allowed the political parties to listen to who the people wanted the representative to be from their political party. This was democratic because the common people finally had a choice of who would be the presidential candidate for the political party they belong …show more content…
Warren Bridge, in which the Charles family was granted a charter for a bridge and then the Warren company was granted a charter to build a second bridge right next to the Charles River Bridge (Document H). The Charles family sues the Warren company because they said it interfered with their charter. However, the Supreme Court granted the Warren company the chatter because the people needed a second bridge for traffic. This encouraged competition and economic development for the common people. Also, states passed limited liability laws which allowed business owners to be a separate entity from their personal property. Even if the business went bankrupt, the owner wouldn’t lose personal property. This allowed more people to own