Andrew Jackson is perhaps the most controversial president in United States history. The triumphs of his presidency allow him to be celebrated as The Great Democratizer, while the crises make some believe that he was a subpar president, even to this day. Jackson, of course, built his platform on the idea that he was indeed the Great Democratizer. His followers, the Jacksonian Democrats, believed that they were the upholders of the Constitution, democracy, individual liberty, and economic equality…
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