What Are The Economic Effects Of Jacksonian Democracy

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America’s promise is to make sure that all men are created equal and that if any form of government seems destructive it is then the right of the people to institute a new government that effectively promotes the people’s safety and happiness. The Jacksonian Democracy was a time period which embodied the people’s will. It significantly contributed to shaping the American nation, promoted the strength of the presidency and the executive branch, and developement of the public participation in the government. There were a lot of attributes made to develop a nation that was not only based on stability but also on the restoration of independence for every individual. The period of the Jacksonian Democracy showed many attributes politically and economically. …show more content…

The national bank was a system conceived to supposedly centralize a prominent economic system. Although this system seemed only beneficial to wealthy citizens and not the regular citizens. In the President Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States (1832) document it states that “every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to... to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society-the farmers, mechanics, and laborers-who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government.” This demonstrates how the rich manipulate the government for their own purposes, but this shouldn’t be the case. Instead of a society that manipulates the government, there should be a society that everyone is equal under the law. The Democracy in America (1831) document also shows division and the power that comes with it. “A nation may present immense fortunes and extreme wretchedness; but unless those fortunes are territorial, there is no aristocracy, but simply the class of the rich and that of the poor…” There will always be a distinguishing difference between the rich and poor but people can also be in control of what category they fall in. These indications show that the Jacksonian Democracy is in support of the

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