<Dd> The Democrats represented a wide range of views but shared a fundamental commitment to the Jeffersonian concept of an agrarian society . They viewed a central government as the enemy of individual liberty and they believed that government intervention in the economy benefited special - interest groups and created corporate monopolies that favored the rich . They sought to restore the independence of the individual--the artisan and the ordinary farmer--by ending federal support of banks and corporations and restricting the use of paper currency . </Dd> <P> Jackson vetoed more legislation than all previous presidents combined . The long - term effect was to create the modern strong presidency . Jackson and his supporters also opposed reform as a movement . Reformers eager to turn their programs into legislation called for a more active government . However, Democrats tended to oppose programs like educational reform and the establishment of a public education system . They believed, for instance, that public schools restricted individual liberty by interfering with parental responsibility and undermined freedom of religion by replacing church schools . </P> <P> Jackson looked at the Indian question in terms of military and legal policy, not as a problem due to their race . In 1813, Jackson adopted and treated as his own son a three - year - old Indian orphan--seeing in him a fellow orphan that was "so much like myself I feel an unusual sympathy for him". In legal terms, when it became a matter of state sovereignty versus tribal sovereignty he went with the states and moved the Indians to fresh lands with no white rivals in what became known as the Trail of Tears . </P> <P> Jackson fulfilled his promise of broadening the influence of the citizenry in government, although not without vehement controversy over his methods . </P>

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