Andrew Jackson: The Champion of the Common man or King Andrew?

Though his presidency was a monumental era in U.S. history, I do not think Jackson was a very good president. He was very unprofessional at times and allowed personal bias and hatred to get in the way of his duties as the president. He did not like John Calhoun and Nicholas Biddle because of personal issues. Jackson's hatred of Biddle helped to drive him to try to destroy the National Bank. The Peggy Eaton affair was another event in which Jackson used his love of his departed wife, and his power as the president of the U.S. to place Eaton and his wife in to the Cabinet's social life, an irresponsible use of his power.

Not only was he unprofessional at times like these, but he also condoned racism against the Native Americans and was apt to harbor the feelings of hatred himself. Jackson drove out the last remaining Natives in U.S. territory against their will with brute force. This man is not the Champion of the Common Man, he is closer to a King because he made his decisions personal affairs, he did what he liked and nobody could oppose him, and lastly, because he did not treat all people with equal sincerity.

The Jeffersonian Era

Let's start with the basics. Jefferson had a few goals he wanted to accomplish when he and his followers took power in the US in 1801. These included a system of universal education (public education), an independent and argricultural society with less of a European influence, and limited government supremacy giving most of the power to the people. This is a rather radical view of how America should be, and in it's own right, very unrealistic.
During the Jeffersonia Era, some things did not exactly go exactly as Jefferson would have liked. When it came to keeping the central government's power limited, Jefferson was unable to do this for very long. When Napoleon agreed to sell the French territory in America to the Americans, Jefferson was doubtful about claiming the territory because claiming territory is a lot of power. Luckily, Jefferson decided to purchase the terriory anyway without the consent the People.
The Jeffersonian Era did not go along with his beliefs at all.