Andrew Jackson

Newly elected president Andrew Jackson went to Washington with a status as an intense military leader with a rough personality. He was elected mainly because he appealed to certain social groups. The South supported Jackson when he gave his opinion that the high tariffs in place were uncalled for. Jackson drew from the urban workforce and artisans because he had a unfriendly attitude toward businesses that received special privilege and had a certain mistrust for …

…of the national government. In addition, the policies Jackson created during the Indian Removal enhanced the extent of federal power over Native Americans. Overall Jackson increased the authority of the chief executive and projected a restricted role for the national government unlike its old overbearing role. Jackson expanded the influence of the nation’s president using the oratory of popular sovereignty to declare that “the President is a direct representation of the American people” (p.364).