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Social Studies Essay Intro-In this essay I am going to prove to you that Andrew Jackson made the United States both more and less democratic. In the following paragraphs I will give details of what he did to improve and destroy the United States. Main Ideas- 1. Banking More Democratic 2. Spoils System More Democratic 3. Indian Removal Less Democratic Idea #1 A. It appears that more than one fourth part of the stock is held by foreigners... B. and the rest is held by a few hundred of our own citizens, cheifly of the wealthy class. C. It raises a cry that liberty is in danger. Idea #2 A. No one man has any more right to (government jobs) than another. B. Van Buren alerted the President immediatly... C. (that Swartwout had "criminal tendencies") Idea #3 A. By persuasion and force the Native Americans have been made to retire from river to river and... B. from mountain to mountain, until some of the tribes have become extinct. C. On the soil which contains the ashes of our beloved men we wish to live - on this soil we wish to die. Conclusion I would have to say that while Andrew Jackson was in office he made the United States more democratic. Instead of letting the wealthy rule over everything like banking he let it up to the people.