The Struggle for Democracy Essay

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Andrew Jackson
Jackson’s version of democracy was in fact a democracy. He was not a very wealthy man; he owned a home and some land. This was more than could be said about most Americans at the time. About ten percent of the Americans living there at that time owned enough land to vote. There was a law, stating that only white males with a good portion of land could vote in the presidential election. Andrew Jackson thought this system was so unfair; he created a new way to govern the citizens of the newly formed United States. One ways Jackson was democratic was the spoils system. Jackson believed offices should be rotated and should not belong to one person for life. He believed this because he thought that different people should have an opportunity to be in office so that the offices won’t always have the same ideas and thoughts. He also believed that they should be elected by the common people and not just the rich people and government people. This showed that he was democratic because he was for the normal everyday people. Another example of Jackson being democratic was that he was elected president by the people in 1828 and 1832. He also ran in 1824 but lost to John Quincy Adams because the voting he lost because the final vote was the Electoral College. In both 1828 and 1832 the final vote was by the people except in South Carolina because Calhoun was the governor and he didn’t like Jackson. This just proves that the people liked Jackson because he was democratic or for the everyday, common people. Another example of Jackson being democratic was him vetoing the National bank. The main reason he did it was because one fourth of the stock was held by foreigners and the rest was held by a

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