Compared to the early 1800's standards, President Andrew Jackson did not demonstrate democracy on numerous occasions. He violated the Constitution by overriding the Supreme Court's decision to let Indians remain untouched in their land, and kicked the Indian tribes out of Georgia and sent them on the notorious Trail of Tears (Doc 8). Jackson again failed to practice democracy when he assigned his supporters as the nation's leaders, even though some of them were thieves and hurt the people. He was being nondemocratic and was not thinking of everyone beyond the common white man.

Although some would argue that Andrew Jackson was democratic when he paid special attention to the poor, he failed to make both the powerful and the common people …show more content…
He completely ignored them when they wished to let the Indian tribes remain peacefully on their land. Jackson believed that the Indians were not civilized and called them "savages." (Doc 8) He removed them from their land non- democratically.

Jackson assigned his supporters as government officials, including Samuel Swartwout. Swartwout had "criminal tendencies." (Doc 7) The Secretary of State, Van Buren, told Jackson to not assign Swartwout as the collector of the Port of New York. Jackson did not heed this concern, however, and proceeded to make him the collector. In time, Swartwout embezzled $1,222,705.09. "Jackson was mortified." (Doc 7)

Compared to the early 1800's standards, Andrew Jackson was not democratic. He violated the Constitution by ignoring the Supreme Court's decision to not remove the Native Americans from their land, and kicked them out of Georgia and sent them on the infamous Trail of Tears (Doc 8). Jackson again failed to be the democratic leader he claimed to be when he assigned his supporters as the nation's leaders, even though some of them were thieves and hurt the people. He was being nondemocratic and was not helping anyone except the middle class, average, white male. Andrew Jackson was not at all democratic in his