How did Jacksonian Democracy influence the United States social, politcal and economic life?
To make my answer as brief and concise as possible: During Jacksonian democracy, our nation shifted from a republic to democracy. Jackson (and his party) fought big businesses and government internal improvements. Jackson did not think the bureaucracy of the US government needed to run the country- but the people. As president, Jackson used the Veto whenever congress passed bills that he felt were not in the best interest of the people his Bank Veto is the most famous. Jackson felt that the Bank of the US was just another way for rich to get richer. Jackson was also the first president to fire cabinent officials- he fired at least one Secretary of the Treasury over the Bank issue just to hire another one. (As elected representative of the People, jackson felt that he needed to have more control over who headed the departments of the cabinent.) Socially Jacksonian democrats played a large role in the Trail of Tears (Indian Removal Act). Jackson also took a stand against the Nullificatio
