Jackson, Andrew

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it had just been the wealthy that could vote and run for office now all white men could participate.
These new voters wanted a President who was just like them, they wanted someone they could relate to. Van Buren would help to put Jackson in office by presenting Jackson has a people's president. He presented him as someone just like them, someone who knew where they were coming from. Jackson's party would be known as the democrats. They were in favor of a smaller government, and thought the states should have more control over issues. One such issue Jackson thought states should have control of was the national road. He believed that it was unfair to build a national road in a state.
Jackson vetoed more bills than all his predecessors combined, which congress soon became aware of when making a bill. They were careful to include his views in it or he would veto it. He believed that though all branches of the government were equal, the president came first before anyone else. He ...

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