Andrew Jackson was the first president to be born in a log cabin. He was not New England wealthy elite, like his opponent John Quincy Adams. If the electors were appointed by the legislature, he did not have a chance of becoming president. When he ran for president in 1828, the land ownership requirements were taken away for the first time, giving all white adult males the chance to vote. In the words of Thomas Bailey and David Kennedy, “the election was a “revolution” comparable to that of 1800.” (Changes in elections- document 2) The election of 1828 was a more democratic election, therefore electing a more democratic president.

Due to the new electoral system, Jackson invented the Spoils System to ‘thank’ his supporters. Being a war hero, Jackson thought that To the Victors belong the Spoils. The ‘spoils’ were not just money though. Jackson rewarded his supporters with government jobs, saying “I submit, therefore, to you consideration whether the efficiency of the government would not be promoted … and integrity better secured by a general extension of the law which limits appointments to four years.” (Spoils System document 2) …show more content…
Jackson, in an autocratic move, vetoed the National Bank charter, deciding to put money in the banks of states that supported him. National Bank Controversy document 1 depicts Andrew Jackson as an autocratic king, who tore up the Constitution and trampled it beneath his feet. He is holding a veto message in his right hand, and the caption reads, King Andrew the First. National Bank Controversy document 3 states, in opinion, that Jackson is taking all the money and putting it under his control alone, therefore creating a nation where he has supreme power. In National Bank Controversy document 2, Jackson argues that he is trying to make a more constitutional nation, as having a National Bank is not in the constitution, nor is it