JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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guaranteed women and free blacks the right to vote in federal elections
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encouraged state officials to grant voting rights to new immigrants
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gave citizens a more direct role in the democratic process
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prevented government officials from campaigning for re-election
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although President George Washington based most of his federal appointments on merit, subsequent presidents deviated from this policy. By the time Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828, the “spoils system, ” in which officials rewarded political friends and supporters with government positions, was in full force.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beyond position-taking, the Jacksonians propounded a social vision in which any white man would have the chance to secure his economic independence, would be free to live as he saw fit, under a system of laws and representative government utterly cleansed of privilege.
Detailed explanation-3: -spoils system, also called patronage system, practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts and with other favours.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term was derived from the phrase “to the victor belong the spoils” by New York Senator William L. Marcy, referring to the victory of Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828, with the term spoils meaning goods or benefits taken from the loser in a competition, election or military victory.