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 “common man” was a strong one, although the goals set forth were not entirely achievable. Though biased, the Jacksonian Democrats view of themselves was fairly accurate. While they were successful guardians of both political democracy and equality of economic opportunity, they failed to defend the Constitution and individual liberty. The Jacksonian Democrats defense of the United States Constitution was not a particular high point in their political era. Jackson often had a blatant disregard for decisions passed down by the Supreme Court. In the case of the removal of the Cherokee nation, the Supreme Court had already passed down a decision that said that the Cherokee would be allowed to keep a certain amount of land in Georgia that would be much li
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