Who Was Andrew Jackson A Guardian Of Democracy In The 1800's

During the 1820’s and 1830’s, America was experiencing many changes both as a country and politically. The revolution within America, with the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828, brought many changes in the government. Jackson and his supporters, the Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. Although Jacksonian Democrats failed to perform as guardians of the constitution and individual liberty, they were able to show support and solidify political democracy and the equality of economic opportunity. Jackson was considered as a strict interpreter of the constitution and was thought to have interpreted the constitution in the basic basis that it was created to be. However, Jackson went against Supreme Court decision with the Indian Removal Act and the South Carolina Resolutions, showing opposing actions to what many believed. Jacksonians went against the Supreme Court decisions in the Worchester vs. Georgia ruling. He enforced the Indian Removal Act in which Indians were forced to move westward for the benefit of the white man. (G) The …show more content…
Universal male suffrage allowed all white men to vote, leading to an increase in voters and more elected officers, representing a greater voice to people rather than just those in power. (D) Male suffrage as increased but their rights came with a great fight. For the rights of men, The Working Men’s Declaration of Rights was written to voice their opinions in response to the working men’s party. (A) This party was made with the basis of the liberties of the constitution and at the time it was written, on December 1829, The Jacksonians still not grant these men with equal rights as they did after, when suffrage enveloped all white