JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1828, Congress passed a high protective tariff that infuriated the southern states because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north. For example, a high tariff on imports increased the cost of British textiles. This tariff benefited American producers of cloth-mostly in the north.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Desperate courage makes One a majority.” “I was born for the storm, and a calm does not suit me.” “There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.” “One man with courage makes a majority.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Jackson declared that removal would “incalculably strengthen the southwestern frontier.” Clearing Alabama and Mississippi of their Indian populations, he said, would “enable those states to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power."
Detailed explanation-4: -What factor best explains the large increase in voters between the election of 1824 and 1828? Former slaves were emancipated and allowed to vote.