JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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McCulloch
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Andrew Jackson
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Daniel Webster
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John C. Calhoun
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Detailed explanation-1: -Known as the “Defender of the Constitution, ” Webster believed in a strong central government. Just two years after his famous last Senate speech, Webster fell from his horse at his Massachusetts home and died of a brain injury. He did not live to see the South secede, or the bloody war that followed.
Detailed explanation-2: -He opposed the protective tariff from 1816 to 1824 but voted for the tariff act of 1828. Webster supported Andrew Jackson in the nullification crisis, and opposed him on policy toward the Bank of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1850, President Fillmore appointed Webster as secretary of state, and Webster contributed to the passage of the Compromise of 1850, which settled several territorial issues and enacted a new fugitive slave law. The Compromise proved unpopular in much of the North and undermined Webster’s standing in his home state.