JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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property they owned
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education they received
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region where they lived
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goods they manufactured
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Jackson Era, running from around 1820 to 1845, was a time of rampant growth and regional diversification. World views and ways of living changed as quickly as in the 20th century. Transportation was revolutionized and the foundation of a manufacturing economy was laid.
Detailed explanation-2: -The enormous transformation of the United States after the War of 1812 sparked a fervor for reform beginning in the 1830s. Religion motivated much of the social reform. The Second Great Awakening offered salvation through personal conversion to all people, regardless of theology.
Detailed explanation-3: -While Jackson believed in a strict construction of the Constitution and in states’ rights, he believed that when the Constitution had delegated power to the federal government, the federal government had to be supreme. Jackson also valued the Union and was not willing to see it compromised or to let it disintegrate.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 1820s brought with it a radical change in the political atmosphere. The shift to a Jacksonian Democracy began after a long and arduous presidential campaign, when Andrew Jackson defeated the incumbent John Quincy Adams in the election of 1828. Jackson ran as the champion of the common man and as a war hero.