Andrew Jackson began a whole new era in American history. Yet Jackson could not do such extreme changes without his supporters. Jackson’s supporters or Jacksonians Democrats, as they came to be called advocated all of the issues that President Jackson did. They thought of themselves very highly, they realized that as political leaders they had a true purpose to protect and serve the American people, protect the Constitution by both promoting equality of economic opportunity and increasing political democracy, but in reality they couldn’t accomplish everything they thought they did.
In the 1820’s class distinctions became a major issue, mostly due to an unchanging and small upper class. This increased from the perfect American equality when it came to economic opportunities. The upper class used their status and government power to push themselves further from the lower classes, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. The Jacksonians arose from these issues and others, as evidenced in writings of the time, such as "The Working Men’s Declaration of Independence" by George Henry Evans. They began to get the public’s attention by the upper class through many different issues of the time, which was looked down by some people, such as Daniel Webster in response to Jackson’s bank veto. This dealt with the Bank War which was the economic focus of the time in which President Jackson forbid the Bank of the United States. He did it because he found the bank unconstitutional and thought that it was a monopoly that only benefited the rich. This gave public support and brought the class issue to the attention of many people. Although some thought of Jackson’s decision on the Bank as a bad idea, the Jacksonians supported him because they saw it as an attempt to support the equality and eliminate a future monopoly in the hands of the elite rich. Another such instance that dealt with monopoly and equality of economic opportunity was the Charles River Bridge v. Warren...