Jacksonian

The Jacksonian Democrats definitely thought highly of their ideas, and, unlike other political parties, they lived up to what they stood for while in office.   They guarded the citizens’ rights from infringement, promoted political democracy, and gave new life for the individual in both a political and economic sense.   By encouraging universal white manhood suffrage, downsizing the government, and giving more rights to the individuals, they made their ideas prosper.
Andrew Jackson had one main concept concerning the Constitution.   He believed in the strict construction of it, thus minimizing the federal government’s power and letting the states receive more rights.   Jackson’s strict construction meant that he believed that whatever hadn’t been written in the Constitution shouldn’t be done.   During his first term, he upheld this view by rejecting Henry Clay’s American System.   Jackson denied federal involvement with internal state improvements, urging the states to find funding on their own.   Here, he rejected the American System on grounds that federal funding toward internal improvements was not mentioned in the Constitution.   Jackson clearly demonstrated his desire to guard the Constitution by giving the federal government another role that hadn’t originally been intended for it.
The progression of political democracy and individual liberties were quite substantial during the Jacksonian Era.   While Jackson was in office, universal white manhood suffrage was spreading rapidly throughout the states.   At this time, states were abolishing their property requirements for voters.   Now, poor people could now let their opinion count just as much as those of their upper class neighbors.   President Jackson brilliantly guarded this privilege, for he was a man who depended on the people.   He was the ideal president for the lower class because he disapproved of a strong, powerful central government.   Also, he granted many individual liberties to the common people after his...