In the time that Andrew Jackson was in office, He and his followers viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty and equality of economic opportunity. Based upon factual evidence and support of the time period of the 1820’s and 1830’s, the Jacksonian’s view of themselves is not completely true.
When the Constitution was written, the citizens of the United States were presented with the set of laws by which their country would be run by. The Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as upholders of those rights, and they wanted to keep strong the rights and liberties of our country. This goal does not seem to be met by a few different ways. Firstly, in Document B when Andrew Jackson vetoed the bank charter, he was making a terrible mistake. In his veto message, he said, “It appears that more than a fourth part of the stock is held by foreigners and the residue is held by a few hundred of our citizens, chiefly of......
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