JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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One reason the American people referred to Andrew Jackson as the “common man” was because Jackson-
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Forced Native American’s from their lands to allow the common farmers to expand their land holdings
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Send his children to public school until they were able to attend the university
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Refused to own slaves and abhorred the institution of slavery
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Was born in a log cabin and gained support from laborers and farmer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Common Man: the everyday, working class man – not a wealthy landowner or man of power like a politician. Andrew Jackson, despite his high office, became emblematic of the common man because he came from humble beginnings.
Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Jackson considered himself a spokesperson for the common man. Growth, expansion and social change rapidly followed the end of the War of 1812. Many an enterprising American pushed westward. In the new western states, there was a greater level of equality among the masses than in the former English colonies.
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