Jacksonian Democracy

Examples of Jacksonian Democracy in the following topics:

• The Spread of Democracy

  • Similarly, Jacksonian democracy sought greater input to the democratic process for the common man.
  • In contrast to the Jeffersonian political era that preceded it, Jacksonian democracy promoted the strength of the executive branch of government at the expense of Congress while also seeking to broaden the public's participation in government.
  • Jacksonians sought an end to what they perceived to be an elitist monopoly over government.
  • In national terms, the Jacksonians favored geographical expansion, justifying it in terms of Manifest Destiny.
  • The Whigs became the inheritors of Jeffersonian Democracy in terms of promoting schools and colleges.

• Jacksonian Democrats: 1824–1860

  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson.
  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters.
  • It can be contrasted with the characteristics of Jeffersonian democracy.
  • Jackson's equal political policy became known as "Jacksonian Democracy," subsequent to ending what he termed a "monopoly" of government by elites.
  • In contrast to the Jeffersonian era, Jacksonian democracy promoted the strength of the presidency and executive branch at the expense of Congress, while also seeking to broaden the public's participation in government.

• The Democratization of the Political Arena

  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man, typified by Andrew Jackson and his supporters.
  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man, typified by Andrew Jackson and his supporters .
  • More broadly, the term "Jacksonian Democracy" refers to the period of the Second Party System (mid-1830s to 1854), when the democratic attitude defined the spirit of that era.
  • It can be contrasted with the characteristics of Jeffersonian democracy.
  • In contrast to the Jeffersonian era, Jacksonian democracy promoted the strength of the presidency and executive branch at the expense of Congress, while also seeking to broaden the public's participation in government.

• The Jackson Presidency

  • Andrew Jackson's presidency was a highly controversial period characterized by Jacksonian democracy and the rise of the common man.
  • "Jacksonian democracy" refers to the period of time (roughly 1828–1840) dominated by the controversial presidency of Andrew Jackson (1829–1837).
  • Jacksonian democracy was the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man.
  • In contrast to the Jeffersonian era, Jacksonian democracy promoted the strength of the presidency and executive branch at the expense of Congress, while also seeking to broaden the public's participation in government.
  • Jacksonian democracy was built on the principles of expanded suffrage, Manifest Destiny, patronage, strict constructionism, and laissez-faire economics.

• Jackson's Democratic Agenda

  • Jacksonian democracy was built on the general principles of expanded suffrage, manifest destiny, patronage, strict constructionism, Laissez-Faire capitalism, and opposition to the Second Bank of the United States.
  • The Jacksonians believed that voting rights should be extended to all white men.
  • This position was one basis for the Jacksonians' opposition to the Second Bank of the United States.
  • As the Jacksonians consolidated power, they more often than not advocated expanding federal power, and presidential power in particular.
  • The Jacksonians opposed government-granted monopolies to banks, especially the central bank known as the Second Bank of the United States.

• Enfranchisement and Its Limits

  • Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by U.S.
  • Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy that dominated the previous political era.
  • Leading up to and during the Jacksonian era, suffrage was extended to nearly all white male adult citizens.
  • Voter turnout soared during the Jacksonian era, reaching about 80 percent of the adult white men by 1840.
  • American democracy had a decidedly racist orientation; a white majority limited the rights of black minorities.

• Racial Prejudice in the Jackson Era

  • Jacksonian Democracy drew its support from the small farmers of the West, and the workers, artisans and small merchants of the East.
  • While participation in the political process was facilitated for white male proponents of Jacksonian democratic ideals, it was not extended to non-white individuals or women.
  • Additionally, Jacksonian policies involving geographical expansion conflicted directly with the many Native American tribal nations who occupied lands desired by Jacksonian supporters.
  • Identify the demographic groups in which Jacksonian ideals found most favor and describe the Trail of Tears

• Dual Federalism: From the Civil War to the 1930s

  • The theory originated within the Jacksonian democracy movement against the mercantilist American system and centralization of government under the Adams administration during the 1820s.

• The Second Party System

  • Supporters of Jackson called themselves Democrats or the Democracy, giving birth to the Democratic Party and thus inaugurating the Second Party System.
  • The American political system underwent fundamental change after 1820 under the rubric of Jacksonian democracy.
  • The Second Party System reflected and shaped the political, social, economic, and cultural currents of the Jacksonian Era until succeeded by the Third Party System in 1854.
  • Regional effects strongly influenced its developments, with the Adams forces strongest in New England, for example, and the Jacksonians strongest in the Southwest.

• Jackson and the Democratic Party

  • The spirit of Jacksonian democracy animated the party from the early 1830s to the 1850s, shaping the Second Party System, with the Whig Party serving as the main opposition.
  • Young America claimed that modernization would perpetuate the agrarian vision of Jeffersonian Democracy by allowing yeomen farmers to sell their products and therefore prosper.
  • They supported the Independent Treasury (the Jacksonian alternative to the Second Bank of the United States) not as a scheme to quash the special privileges of the Whig monied elite, but as a device to spread prosperity to all Americans.