JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Republican
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Democrat
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Whig
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Federalist
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson’s supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party. His political rivals John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay created the National Republican Party, which would afterward combine with other anti-Jackson political groups to form the Whig Party.
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: -Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828, defeating incumbent John Quincy Adams.
Detailed explanation-4: -The campaign of 1828 was a crucial event in a period that saw the development of a two-party system akin to our modern system, presidential electioneering bearing a closer resemblance to modern political campaigning, and the strengthening of the power of the executive branch.