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 unconstitutional. 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.
This was not a wise decision for Jackson, it turned the upper class against the lower class, and vice versa. Each felt that it was the others fault for the dismantlement of the bank. .
Jackson also felt that despite living in a mansion and being among the upper class of the people of his country, that he was still a common man. And worse the people believed him. He used this platform to gain the trust of the middle class and the people of the frontier lands. They figured that he knew what they wanted seeing as he was "one of them." Many of the people in his administration were among the wealthy in the nation and this just went to show hat he was not as democratic as he said he was.
