USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson’s policy of patronage (or the “spoils system”) refers to giving government jobs to those who support the governing party. He supported the spoils system because it would open up jobs in government to average citizens.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson laid the framework for democracy, paid off the national debt, gained new lands for America, strengthened relationships with foreign nations globally and issued a new currency.

Detailed explanation-3: -Performance in public office, Jackson maintained, required no special intelligence or training, and rotation in office would ensure that the federal government did not develop a class of corrupt civil servants set apart from the people.

Detailed explanation-4: -The party that Andrew Jackson founded during his presidency called itself the American Democracy. In those same years, changes in electoral rules and campaign styles were making the country’s political ethos more democratic than it previously had been.

Detailed explanation-5: -What qualities made Andrew Jackson a popular candidate and leader? Humble background, his reputation for toughness, and his success as a military leader made him popular 6.