.President Andrew Jackson’s presidency

Question

1.  President Andrew Jackson’s presidency

a.  sought a restoration of traditional republican values and a return to Jeffersonian concepts of limited government. 

b.  reaffirmed the supremacy of the federal government over the states

c.  transformed the executive branch into a more powerful arm of government

Answer 1

Although Andrew Jackson sought to preserve the union, he also sought to preserve states rights and refused to recharter the national bank. Like Jefferson he was a defender of the agrarian society.