Question

Give two reasons why people thought Jackson would be different from previous presidents.

Answer 1

He was not rich, not from one of the old , established American families. He had had
little education and had no connection with the founding fathers, who fomented the
American revolution, conducted the Revolutionary War and wrote and ratified the
US Constitution. All of the presidents before him were "in on the ground floor", so to

Answer 2

He was the first president from the West.

He was the first president who came from the working class.

He had a more limited education than previous presidents.

Because of his direct campaigning, he had more support among “common men” than previous presidents.

He disliked the power of the “Eastern aristocracy.”