The Role Of Democracy In Andrew Jackson's Democracy

Andrew Jackson’s presidency regularly corresponds with Democracy like John F. Kennedy corresponds with the Cuban Missile Crisis and how Abraham Lincoln corresponds with the Civil War. The 1800s began a new era of the “common man”. Jackson aided in this era with his presidency. For example, before Jackson was president, voting was limited only to people who owned property; then when Jackson became president, voting was open to all white males. Jackson’s actions during his rule shifted the direction of America to a more democratic state.
Although viewed by some as a non-democratic president, Jackson, through the suffrage movement, the expansion of individual rights, and the veto of the National Bank, veered his presidency towards the Democratic