As McDuffie, Piggrem, and Woodworth stated, Andrew Jackson set many principles such as the spoils system, and the expansion of the electorate. He helped spread the electorate system to the west, and expanded it so not only white property owners could vote, but so whites that didn't own property. All blacks could not vote and were excluded at all costs. Although blacks and women were still left out of the picture, it helped set the basic properties for later on. The way he did it was not the best for common people, but he was still considered a

After the tariff in 1832, there was a compromise tariff in 1833. This lowered the tariffs gradually but significantly between 1833 and 1842. But, at the same time, Jackson signed in the Force Bill, which let the president use armed forces to collect customs duties in South Carolina.

Jackson was suspicious of banks, paper money, and exclusive monopolies. As stated in Encarta, they could and did call in all the states' bank notes at any time, and require them to be paid in specie (gold or silver coins). This greatly restricted extensive lending by the state banks. The way it got this power was because it was the official depository for federal revenues, yet it was only remotely under the federal governments control. As stated in Britannica, congress approved of the recharter of the bank in 1832, but Jackson vetoed it on the grounds that it was a private monopoly that was immune to state taxes, and it gave to much power to too few people. The veto stood, because Congress did not override it. To kill the bank, Jackson removed federal money and put it into state (pet) banks instead.

Before Jackson became president, he was known as a great fighter and didn't let anyone mess with him. As in Britannica Encyclopedia, Charles Dickinson once insulted Jackson's wife, and Jackson challenged him to a duel with pistols. Andrew Jackson stood there and intentionally let Dickinson fire first, for he was a much better shot. Jackson was shot in the chest and stood there like a tree. His first shot misfired, but his second did not, and he killed Dickinson. The bullet in his chest nearly missed his heart, and could not be removed. He lived with that bullet in his chest for the rest of his life.

Jackson also established the new rotations of offices. This is also called the spoils system. This is the removal of officeholders of the rival party. Jackson didn't invent this policy, but helped shape it. He defended it saying that by moving more people out of office, it gave everybody a chance to serve their country. He also said it was highly democratic, because the president's supporters were different people all the time, so there was almost no guarantee that a person would stay in office for two terms.

As stated in Encarta, by Jackson putting the federal money into state banks he triggered a chain of events that greatly increased the amount of borrowed money being used. This led the prices that had skyrocketed in 1835 and 1836 to fall in 1837, causing the banks to use only paper mon

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