Week 7 History

Introduction

March 4, 1829, was the turning point when President Andrew Jackson was sworn in and marked the beginning of the Jacksonian era. It was an era that mainly impacted changing the lives of ordinary citizens by creating movements and legislation that changed how America operated and made lives better, economies more stable, and voting more democratic through ballots. President Jackson mainly had in mind the need to change the outcomes of the state of the people because of the situation he grew in and the factors that affected him as a child prompting to create change for the people than focusing on making a good political career for himself. President Jackson did not make all the changes as simple as one can imagine, but he faced great criticism and challenges from people who had opposing ideas. However, he had a strong personal moral and a good reservation for his ideas that made him a great leader who won the interests and hearts of the common Americans in a way it had never happened before. On the contrary, the Jacksonian era made great promises, which all did not hold. The commoner in the era did not benefit even if most of the law and even the cases rule in their favor. The state of racial inequality has been deeper than anyone can just overcome at once. Unless a greater party shares the motive, it can always prove to cause no satisfying results. It is high time for all Americans to understand the deep root cause of the problem and how it can be solved to improve lives (McCoy, 2017). Great lessons can be learned for the era. The Jacksonian era was an era that brought great reforms in the economic, political, and education sector, all of which were aimed at making lives better for the common American. Still, the changes that came along with the revolution in the era did not prove effective in eradicating the problems that Americans faced.

References

McCoy, M. B. (2017). “The High Price of Living”: The Lives of Insolvent Laborers in Jacksonian-Era Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1815–1842. Pennsylvania History, 84(2), 171-213.