President Andrew Jackson was known as the president of the common man. This resulting in his quite differing view of democracy v.s. Other officials. To him democracy could be defined as equal protection and equal benefits to all citizens(b). To withhold his standard of democracy, Jackson changed voting rights for American citizens, or in his …show more content…
Jackson new that it would be better for americans to move them to their own secluded areas. Through this agreement the Cherokee nation was “moved east of the Mississippi River...to an area in present-day Oklahoma”("The Trail of Tears”). Of course, you could argue that he merely wanted to tap into the resources resting beneath the old indian ground, but even that would have its up side. Getting in touch with those resources means good news for Americans because resources equal money in business terms. Indians were led through the trail of tears to their new homes and although at any point during this grueling journey Jackson Pulver turned back, he did not. Jackson stood his ground, kept his word, and made America into the land of un-broken