JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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drawing media attention to the election
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allowing people to become more active in politics
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granting women and African Americans the vote
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increasing the presidential candidate’s popularity
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did nominating conventions contribute to the expansion of democracy in the 1820s? They allowed people to become more active in politics.
Detailed explanation-2: -Foundation: 1820-1828 The modern Democratic Party emerged in the late 1820s from former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party, which had largely collapsed by 1824. It was built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following was a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s? Selling candidates and their images was as important as the positions for which they stood.
Detailed explanation-4: -The campaign of 1828 was a crucial event in a period that saw the development of a two-party system akin to our modern system, presidential electioneering bearing a closer resemblance to modern political campaigning, and the strengthening of the power of the executive branch.