Andrew+Jackson

It is said that Andrew Jackson created a unique social and economical shift in 1829 through 1837 during his presidency. He did not follow the tradition of the Democratic Republicans and gave power to the common man for the first time. I believe this statement is true. Jackson did many things during his presidency that gave the common man power. In 1829 Jackson passed the Indian removal act. This stated that the Indians of the Cherokee Soverign nation had to leave the area, this led to the trail of tears. The act was unanimously approved by the senate and the people wanted this. It was later that Jackson vetoed the bank renewal bill in 1832 which was not common. According to Jackson he did not understand the modifications of the bank charter and he thought that they were vital to make justice with the sound policy or the Constitution, Jackson found the bank to be a monopoly. It was a monopoly of domestic and foreign exchange according to Jackson. The corrupt bargain in 1824 screams power for the common man. It says in a source from Charles Francis Adams that Jackson, Clay, and Crawford specifically made time and asked him to "satisfy him in regards to principles of great public importance, with no personal considerations." It also says that Jackson wanted to meet to reserve his determination for himself. There were three major things: "to give a decent time for his funeral solmnities as a candidate", to get ready and predispose his friends to a "state of neutrality" of the candiadates and thirdly to to take the path that might be "most conductive to the public interest". Jackson was a unique president and made changes economically and socially that gave the common man power by doing things that Democratic Republicans don't normally do, but the things that he did were in favor of the people.