Some people believe that Andrew Jackson was democratic because he made more common people vote. However, things like the veto of the national bank, the corrupt spoils system, and the unfair treatment of Native Americans all were undemocratic. Therefore, Andrew Jackson wasn’t very democratic.
Even though Andrew Jackson almost doubled the amount of people who voted, was nice to Native Americans at first, and gave most people more power in the government, which are all very democratic things because these things give power to the people and all of this was known as the Jacksonian Democracy. (Doc A, D, J) He did many undemocratic things to gain presidency and when he was president such as abuse his power to veto the national …show more content…
(Doc E) In his letter to the congress he tried to convince them that the bank was unnecessary and it had too much power, but in the Supreme Court case McCulloch vs. Maryland John Marshall established the bank as constitutional, so to remove the bank Jackson disregarded the constitution. (Doc E, F) Jackson vetoing the bank also caused the Bank War with Daniel Webster, a Whig party senator, because Webster thought Jackson was both abusing his power as president and going to cause a fight between the rich and the poor. (Doc G) Overall, the veto of the bank showed that Jackson did things for personal issues rather than for the …show more content…
The intended audience of document H was the United States congress. The purpose of document H was to convince congress that the replacement of government officials would better help the United States. The point of view of document H was from Andrew Jackson who wanted the spoils system.
The historical context of document I was Andrew Jackson created the spoils system to give people he knew government jobs. The Intended audience of document I was all the people in America. The purpose of document I was to show that Andrew Jackson was hiring un-qualified people to do jobs. The point of view is from Robert V. Remini who shows no bias because he states exactly what happens in his own words.
The historical context of document J was many conflicts between Americans and Natives and Jackson did not like the Natives. The intended audience of document J was the United States congress. The purpose of document J was for Andrew Jackson to tell congress that they should ask the Natives to move and if they don’t and they stay they would have to follow the laws. The point of view is from Andrew Jackson who did not want the natives to stay in their