JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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It promotes democracy because it fills government jobs with average citizens
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It benefits state governments because it increases their power over the national government
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It helps ordinary citizens by increasing the number of people who can vote
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It benefits the American republic because it encourages the growth of new political parties.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What argument did President Andrew Jackson use in defense of the “spoils system”? It benefits state governments because it increases their power over the national government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The spoils system was instituted by Democratic President Andrew Jackson. “To the victor goes the spoils” meant that every government job belonged to the party in power. This drawing was meant to depict Jackson’s decision-making in appointing members of his party to government positions.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The victory of Jackson indicated a westward movement of the centre of political power. He was also the first man to be elected president through a direct appeal to the mass of the voters rather than through the support of a recognized political organization.
Detailed explanation-5: -Andrew Jackson was very Democratic because he wanted the people to have more say and power in the government, he wanted to extend our boundaries so that people could move more out west, and he wanted the national bank to be ran differently than it was.