how democratic was andrew jackson? I understand that his name is tied very closely to democracy, but some of his actions were like a king's. he was even given the nickname "king andrew the first"

how would you measure his 'democraticness' without saying he was a little democratic or he was very democratic?

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This is your assignment. Nobody can do it for you. Read lots and find out about his populist/democratic positions and what he actually did while in office.

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When you write, give examples of actions Jackson took that were in favor of populist goals, as in local government control as opposed to central government control, then give examples of things he did that over-rode local control (as in native American removal, etc.) The you can say that sometimes he was for democracy and other times for centralized government.