Jackson dbq

             The elitist viewpoint of many in the fostering nation was causing uproar, one so grand that any man who was dedicated and willing to protect the rights of the plebeians had a guaranteed ticket to the presidential office. With the debacle of the Corrupt Bargain between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams, plaguing the validity of the 1824 election, the people had lost faith in any sort of politics that wasn't geared to the betterment of a personal agenda. Then came Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States of America, and the Jacksonian Democrats who held ideals so steadfastly that they caused a schism in the previous Democratic "Republican Party. Andrew Jackson is said to have had an iron fist and a velvet glove, demonstrating the character and responsibility that one must assume when taking the oath of the oval office. Jackson denied nullification, embraced the cultures of the Native Americans and urged them to preserve it, and destroyed the bank, believing it to be an instrument for the furthering of an elite class instead of the common man. In holding to these beliefs, Jackson and his party were valid in viewing themselves as guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy and individual liberties. However, Jackson's means to empowering the average citizen caused an economic wound to the nation.
             Jackson used his power and influence as president to apply and preserve the terms of the United States Constitution. One of the largest obstacles of his presidency was the drafting of the South Carolina Ordinance to Nullify Certain Acts of Congress of the United States, passed by the South Carolina legislature on November 29, 1829. This .
             Pamphlet was written in response to the tariff of 1828, called the tariff of abominations by the south. In an attempt to broaden the support of Jackson in the Northeast, this tariff was enacted in order to give an economic incentive to support Jackson.