Why was Andrew Jackson popular with the average citizen?

Answer 1

Andrew Jackson was popular because the people saw him as someone just like them.

And he treated all people the same and understood their needs. He saw blacks and whites as equals and respected the lower class people.

Answer 2

He was popular at first because he was more like them than were the old line aristocrats who opposed him. He also was a war hero and had the ability to instill confidence in

his men when he was a general ,and with the people when he became President.

Even when he did things that they were dubious of, they still supported him,

trusting that he was always working for them and was a better choice than his opponents

in every case,

Answer 3

Well, he was a military hero, and he was also a self-made man (did not grow up wealthy). So, average citizens -- the commoners -- thought of him as one of their own: tough and hard-working. The class divide that separated so many politicians from your average Joe Shmoe wasn't there.

Answer 4

He was viewed as a man of the people. He supported the common man and was the height of patriotism. He was also a war hero from the Battle of New Orleans in 1812. He defeated the British (even though the war was technically over, news traveled slowly).

Answer 5

He spun himself as the " common man" but he was anything but what he advertised. He was born in poverty but had become a wealthy Tennessee lawyer and a rising political figure by 1812. When the war of 1812 broke out he earned national fame as a military hero.

Answer 6

Andrew Jackson was the 7th US President and was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. An expansionist president, Jackson sought to advance the rights of the "common man" against a "corrupt aristocracy" and to preserve the Union. ( native killer)

Answer 7

Andrew Jackson was a war hero during the revoltonary war

Answer 8

farmers and small business people believed he would represent the will of the majority.

Answer 9

He was 7th US President and supported slavery, and military commander

Answer 10

Because Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes and the government liked him better. He also supported Van Buren which a lot of people liked, which made him more popular.