Andrew+Jakson

Mikaela Perrelli Earth 2/13/10 How Democratic was Andrew Jackson?

What are your feelings towards Andrew Jackson? Do you think he made the people more or less democratic? In this eassy I will explain why Andrew Jackson was important and what he did to help make the people become more democratic. I believe that Jackson made the people more democratic then before. The following quote represents how democratic Jackson was: " So in a broader sense the election(of Andrew Jackson in 1828) was a "revolution" comparable to that of 1800. It was a peaceful revolution, achieved by ballots instead of bullets." A common question is whether Native Americans were democratic or not? All of this began in 1814 and continued until 1858, Andrew Jackson forced them out of the rea due to the fact that they were democratic and did things on their own. The Native Americans were democratic because they chose to make their own government rules and policies. They had one leader that was voted upon so that there would be rules but, they were not rules that were decided by two people they were decided upon by the whole tribe or clan. Some of the actions were not democratic because, they weren't voted and they were chosen by one person. When things like this happened there could or would have been fights or problems that would break through. The Native Americans were forced out of the area due to this trait that they had. They were forced out by Andrew Jackson which angered some and made others happy and made people feel like thay had a lot of power."...By persuasion and force they(Native Americans) have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain, until somke of the tribes have become extinct." Andrew Jackson did this to try to add morte power to his government because, he didn't have control over the Indians. This act and way of being angered almost all of the Indians and many other people Jackson believed that this was the best descison for everyone and he wasn't going to let anyone change his mind. I believe that we should have or they should have judged Andrew Jackson by his intentions rather than his actions because, some of the things that he possibly intended to do he might not have gotten done so people treated him differently and believed differently about him. You also had to base him on his actions at points because, some of the bad descisions he could have or did make him look like a bad person. From what I know about Jackson now is that people should bas him on his intentions because, it showed he still wanted to try and change things but he never got to do them.