JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Universal manhood suffrage increased the electorate
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Rise of nativism
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Political campaigning
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Dominance of elites
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Spoils System
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Detailed explanation-1: -The basic characteristics of this theory are that power is concentrated, the elites are unified, the non-elites are diverse and powerless, elites’ interests are unified due to common backgrounds and positions and the defining characteristic of power is institutional position.
Detailed explanation-2: -In political and sociological theory, the elite (French: élite, from Latin: eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group.
Detailed explanation-3: -executive branch of the governement. Educational leaders are not part of the power elite according to C. Wright Mills.
Detailed explanation-4: -the “Chief Executives:” presidents and CEOs of the most important companies within each industrial sector. the “Corporate Rich:” major landowners and corporate shareholders. the “Warlords:” senior military officers, most importantly the Joint Chiefs of Staff.