USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Andrew Jackson founded what party?
A
Democratic-Republican
B
Democrat
C
Republican
D
Whigs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jacksonian Democratic Party. The Democratic party and its program emerged in stages out of the largely personal following that had elected Andrew Jackson President in 1828. As progressively defined by Jackson during his two terms, the party’s outlook was essentially laissez-faire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson’s supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party. His political rivals John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay created the National Republican Party, which would afterward combine with other anti-Jackson political groups to form the Whig Party.

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