jacksonian democracy
...one of the darkest parts of the Jacksonian era. 6) Jackson showed the complete opposite to his feelings on the native Americans on his deathbed when he quotes, “My dear children, and friends, and servants, I hope and trust to meet you all in Heaven, both white and black- both white and black”(Jackson, 7). 7) In this quote by Jackson, he is equalizing both black and white, rich and wealthy, and this is not how he saw people. III. Body Paragraph 2 1) Andrew Jackson was anything but someone who was looking to improve the lives of everyone as a whole. 2) Andrew was a wealthy man and made his fortune at a young age in the law firm and then climbed his way up through being the attorney, congressman, senator, and judge before being the president. 3) Jackson got so tied up in making a fortune, he forgot about his fellow citizens and friends. 4) Andrew Jackson was a racist man although he acted as an equal rights person he did many things that were not equal such as the Native American relocation, he promoted the interests of slaveholders and delayed the solution to the slavery question. 5) Jackson called the people of the United States the “common people”. 6) Overall Andrew Jackson viewed people as black and white, wealthy and poor. IV. Body Paragraph 3 1) One of the most distinguished crisis during the Jacksonian era was the nullification issue. 2) The nullification crisis combined sectional strife and disagreements over trade tariffs. 3) These high tariffs on imports of common goods made European goods more expensive than the goods from the northern US. 4) This raised consumer prices, particularly for the southern consumers. 5) The southerners outrage became noticed when vice president John C. Calhoun, in the South Carolina Exposition and protest of 1828, supported the complain of his state south Carolina. 6) South Carolina had the right to nullify the tariff legislation of 1828, and the right of a state to nullify laws which were against their interest. 7) Jackson was understanding of the southerners’ argument but was a supporter of federalism himself, he wanted a strong union and strong central government. 8) This quarrel became most noticed April 13, 1829, at the Jefferson Day dinner, after dinner toasts Jackson was the first voice heard as he yelled “Our federal union IT MUST BE PRESERVED!(Jackson, 3) 9) Calhoun replied screaming, “the union, NEXT TO OUT LIBERTY, MOST DEAR!”(Calhoun,2) 10) Congress in return for Carolinas threat, congress passed a forced bill in 1833, and Jackson promised to send troops to S...