Jacksonian Democracy: What’s the Verdict?

Jackson was elected into office in 1829 and ever since has been associated with the term Jacksonian Democracy. He helped cause a movement for the Second Party System and that’s why he was associated with the Jacksonian Democracy. With this democracy also came a very bad rap. He has been accused of being a reckless and careless president. He is called this because of all of the havoc he caused across the nation. He’s been charged with degrading the office, causing financial collapse and for cruelty to Indians. He’s guilty on only two of the three charges which are causing financial collapse and cruelty to Indians. He was innocent with degrading the office as he helped put many beneficial things into …show more content…
He went against Marshall’s ruling that he should not take the Indians out of their own land even though it was a majority vote. He failed to follow delegation and the Indians accused him of stripping them “of every attribute of freedom and eligibility for legal self-defence.”(Cherokee Nation, 1836) The Indians had no chance to even getting their freedom and or say in their own removal. They were kicked out without their own say and they were given no representation. The people weren’t allowed any of their freedoms and many people died along the way. The removal of the Indians was very brutal and not only stripped them of their freedoms but caused a lot more damage than anybody could have expected. This was all due to Andrew Jackson and the things he had wanted. The Indians ever since the Europeans came here were in trouble because “By that time the Indians were nearly finished, their subjugation complete, their numbers decimated. The killing, enslavement, and land theft had begun with the arrival of the Europeans. But it may have reached its nadir when it became federal policy under President (Andrew) Jackson.” (Davis, 1990). Even before Jackson, there was a major problem with the Indians and the fact that they were always being moved even though the settlers came here for almost the same reason and disturbed their peace was quite ironic. The arrival of Jackson and what he wanted to do was the pinnacle of all of this. Moving a bunch of people for settling even more land was the wrong to do and caused a stir within the tribes. By the time Jackson was finished it had seemed like there was a lot of killing, enslavement and a whole lot of land theft being done by the government. For something that is supposed to stand up against something like this, it seems very substandard that they would even try to do