Jacksonian Democrats
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Jacksonian Democrats: DBQ
In American history, political parties have often taken responsibility of preserving the foundation in which America rested upon. During the 1820s and 1830s, Jacksonian Democrats heavily maintained the principles of the United States Constitution, protected individual liberties of Americans, and provided equality of economic opportunity for all people, of different classes. However, Jackson and his followers strayed from their beliefs once in a while.
Andrew Jackson became a well-known war hero during the war of 1812. Jackson defeated the British during the Battle of New Orleans which was fought two weeks after the war had already been successfully ended. During the election of 1824, Jackson had won more popular and electoral votes than any other candidates but had ended up losing the election. Since he had lacked the majority of votes required by the Constitution to win the election, the House of Representatives received the burden of choosing a president. Andrew Jackson had lost the election to John Quincy Adams. Jackson's supporters were greatly angered by this and fought even harder to get "Old Hickory" into office during the election of 1828. Jackson was a president unlike any other, he and his followers stood as a symbol for the common man...