President Andrew Jackson and his followers‚ the Jacksonian Democrats‚ viewed themselves as guardians of the United States Constitution‚ political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity. They were accurate in their perception of themselves to a great extent. Though they did not always achieve success‚ as in the case of political democracy and the Specie Circular‚ they were effective guardians of political democracy and equality of economic opportunity. However‚ sometimes
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Albert Moncada Jr. Ms. Oberman AP U.S. History‚ Period 6 2 February 2012 APUSH DBQ Reform movements in the United States from 1825-1850 greatly benefited to expand democratic ideals that shape our nation today‚ but they also limited the expansion with some reforms. Reform movements took place in the North to fight off the forced labor and cruelty of slavery‚ and throughout the states‚ religious revivals and women rights movements arose. These reform movements expanded the democratic ideals by
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It is agreeable that the Jacksonian Democrats perceived themselves as strict guardians of the United States Constitution. It is not agreeable with how they went about preserving the political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ and equality of economic opportunity they stood for. While trying to create this balance‚ Jackson used tactics favorable only to his opinion. Jackson’s main idea was to rid of aristocracy‚ giving the power to the poorer classes‚ standing against rich white men. The flaw in
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Jacksonian democracy is the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson’s policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. Prior to and during Jackson’s time as President‚ his supporters (the beginnings of the modern Democratic Party) were resisted by the rival Adams and Anti-Jacksonian factions‚ which later gave rise to the Whigs. More broadly‚ the term refers to the period of the Second Party System (mid
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“common man”. One of the more impactful changes of the Jacksonian period was the introduction of universal white male suffrage.In addition reform movements contributed changes that would be beneficial to the “common man.” In connection with changes that would benefit common man altering of political campaigns in attempt to provide elucidation to the “common man” who wouldn’t have a vast amount of education was implemented. The Jacksonian Period did however have limitations with certain rights the
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politics of the Jacksonian years paralleled complex social and economic changes. Between 1824 and 1840‚ polices moved out of the fine homes of rich southern planters and northern merchants who had dominated government in past eras. This time period is when the white middle and lower classes started to vote in larger numbers. As a result of Jacksonian Democracy‚ the amount of votes jumped from 350‚000 to 2.4 million in 1840. This was by far the biggest advantage of Jacksonian Democracy because nothing
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on the constitution to support his political views. Similarly‚ Jacksonian democrats occasionally altered their belief of being guardians of the political democracy‚ individual liberty‚ economic opportunity‚ and the Constitution to suit their purposes. President Andrew Jackson had several ways of ensuring political democracy thus he is regarded as a guardian of it. The spoils system is an example of Jackson stressing political democracy. According to Senator William Marcy the spoils system was acceptable
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October 26‚ 2012 Jacksonian Democracy‚ 1824-1845 1. Second Great Awakening – Spread throughout the South‚ targeting mainly women and African Americans: both slaved and enslaved. In the North Charles Finney led the revivalism and promoted the doctrine of perfectibility and iterated against popular belief that evil could be avoided. 2. Election of 1824 – John Quincy Adams‚ William Crawford‚ Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson. The House chose the president because no one led in the electoral college
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During the Jacksonian era there were many different views on the rights and wrongs of the presidential actions. The Jacksonians thought themselves to be guardians of individual liberty‚ political democracy‚ the United States Constitution and the equality of economic opportunity. This in many cases can be argued that the Jacksonians were successful guardians of these four things. During the presidency of Andrew Jackson do to his often radical was of thinking individual liberty was often not well
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Jeffersonian vs. Jacksonian Democracy Both Jefferson and Jackson were fighting for the interests of farmers against the commercial and mercantile interests of the country. Jefferson was portrayed as a man of the people‚ but he remained a wealthy planter who tended to associate only with other elites. His mannerisms were much more upper-class. Jefferson talked about limited government yet his actual practices as President differed. He maintained the bank of the US‚ authorized the Louisiana
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