The Jacksonian era was one that lived with democracy, or so the Jacksonians claimed. In many of their efforts to preserve the said democracy they in fact might have been destroying it. Many of the ideas of Jackson differed from those of the people, which he claimed to hold in the highest regard. He felt that the people however shared his opinions and that what he wanted was always what they wanted, and the best for them. Jackson and his and his administration were blinded by their own ambitions. Many of their claims were made simply to get the office. This turned classes against each other and the people against the government.
The biggest mistake that Jackson probably made was his veto against the Bank of the United States. In his efforts to appease the people as he claimed was his ultimate goal, he went against what they wanted to pursue his own beliefs. Contrary to the thoughts of the people, who supported the bank, he believed that it was corrupt and that it was also unconstit
utional. He wrote that it was ruled and governed by only the upper richest class and foreigners. He also wrote in his veto message that the bank directors were chosen only by the stockholders and only a few were chosen by the government. In his eyes this was not what they people wanted and he immediately killed the bank.
A democracy be definition is a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power. This is essentially what the United States was during his term in office. Except for the fact that it did not include all of the people. The slaves still did not get the same respect and rights that white men did. Another group of people that had no rights were the native Americans. They had lived on this land longer than any other group of people in the country. They, if any one should have the rights guaranteed under the Constitution. Instead of being part of the nation that they had previously owned, they were drove out from their lands in Georgia and
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