Jacksonian Democrats

DBQ #5 Jacksonian Democrats Andrew Jackson, and his Democrats, viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty and the equality of economic opportunity. They felt that they could change the government into a system that was run for and by the “common man.” According to Jackson, the “common man” was the farmers and urban workers that made up a majority of the population, not the aristocrats. This argument for the “…

…Jacksonian Democrats did more than what is expected of politics today, they defended two out of the four ideals that they set out to. “It is to be regretted that the ... powerful too often bend the acts of government to their ... purposes” (doc. b). How ironic that Jackson would criticize the bending of the acts of government, but commit borderline unconstitutional offenses in order to reach the goal that was good for the “common man.”