Andrew Jackson Compare And Contrast

presidential election is a very important part of American history. It has brought out the best and worst in people and has proven that people will go to drastic measures when it comes to politics. There have been numerous iconic elections and one of them being the election of 1828 with Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. The political scene during this period, and the challenger’s philosophy and the changes Jackson's philosophy provided generated a significant election and proved his presidency to be something people will never forget.

The political scene during 1828 was very controversial. A major problem that would create a split between people during the election of 1824 was when Andrew Jackson and his supporters accused John Quincy Adams

All of the past presidents were high ranking politicians and considered elitists, and Andrew Jackson was the exact opposite. Everyone referred to Jackson as the ‘common man’. He wanted to decrease government and have the power be in the people's hands not just the politicians (Mckeown, 2016). Jackson prided himself in being the people's president, which before Jackson there was no one who won over the people with their personality as much as him. Andrew Jackson had the reputation of coming from nothing and building himself up and also being a military hero. Jackson was the first president to come from a western state and also the first to not come from a distinguished colonial family (Shi and Tindall, 2016,410). People fell in love with the fact they could relate on a personal level with the person leading their country, they felt he was one of them. During Jackson's presidency he expanded voting to more people, and twice as many people voted in the 1828 election versus the 1824 election. As America's population expanded and more people started moving west more white men were able to participate in voting even if they didn't own land (Shi and Tindall, 2016, 424) .Which in previous years only select white men who owned property were able to vote. Andrew Jackson's philosophy was the stepping stone for change in

There was an obvious split between the North and South during this time period, with the South having unfair tariffs being placed on them and all the money being in the North problems started arising. A big final straw for the South was when the Tariff of Abominations was placed on them. The tariff of abominations was a tax placed on the south passed by John Quincy Adams, the goal was to protect industries in the North that were being driven out of business but it harmed the South and placed very high taxes on them. A lasting accomplishment for Jackson’s presidency was establishing the Democratic Party, and earned the title of the father of the Democratic Party. “Jackson's election marked the impact of thirty years of democratic innovations in politics” (Shi and Tindall, 2016, 424). Jackson was responsible for many events that happened in America’s history. He is solely responsible for passing the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which forced the Cherokee Indians off the land that was theirs in Georgia which sparked the “Trail of Tears” which moved all Indians west. “The president refused to afford the protection demanded” (Congressional debates, 21st congress, 2nd session, 1831). Andrew Jackson was also responsible for killing The Bank of the United States by denying it to be Rechartered because Jacksonians believed banks were unjust and fake “In the act before me there seems to be a wide and