JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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His secretaries
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His presidential cabinet
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His kitchen cabinet
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No one
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson relied on the advice of some of the journalists and politicians who had helped elect him. That informal group came to be known as his “kitchen cabinet.” (The Cabinet is the president’s official group of advisers.) As president, Jackson ended the powerful Bank of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson’s Cronies Wielded the Real Power Jackson’s official cabinet was sometimes called the parlor cabinet. The Kitchen Cabinet included newspaper editors, political supporters, and old friends of Jackson’s. They tended to support him in such efforts as the Bank War, and the implementation of the Spoils System.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Kitchen cabinet” is a reference to a president’s informal circle of advisers, as opposed to the official members of his cabinet. The term was first used during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Jackson took office in 1829, after a bruising and divisive election.