Question

Andrew Jackson and Jacksonian followers considered themselves eastern elitists.

Answer 1

Answer:

The statement is false. Andrew Jackson and Jacksonian followers considered themselves southern anti-elitists.

Explanation:

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States of America. Son of poor Irish immigrants, he participated in the Revolutionary War as a messenger.

He was the first president chosen by universal suffrage and that did not belong to the circle of politicians who participated in the writing of the constitution. In addition, he was the first president of humble origin, who projected the image of defender of the common man. Their differences with the National Bank were an example of his defense of the lower classes: the conflict consisted on the suspicion of the people against of the ambition of foreign politicians, bankers and investors, that led them to be suspicious of the National Bank notes, and demanded that their debts and wages had to be paid with gold or silver coins.