JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Jackson eliminating property requirements for voting
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the woman’s suffrage movement during the Progressive era
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the influence of Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke
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the Homestead Act giving free land to settlers in the west
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Locke’s philosophy inspired and reflected Enlightenment values in its recognition of the rights and equality of individuals, its criticism of arbitrary authority (e.g., the divine right of kings), its advocacy of religious toleration, and its general empirical and scientific temperament.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Enlightenment brought political modernization to the west, in terms of focusing on democratic values and institutions and the creation of modern, liberal democracies. Enlightenment thinkers sought to curtail the political power of organized religion, and thereby prevent another age of intolerant religious war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Often credited as a founder of modern “liberal” thought, Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution that proved essential to both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution that followed.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the major influences on John Locke’s thinking? Locke was influenced by laws limiting the monarch’s power. He approved of the English Bill of Rights. What major political arguments did Locke present in Two Treaties of Government?