JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Federalism
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Individualism
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Justice
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Fairness
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.
Detailed explanation-2: -De Tocqueville perceived the United States as egalitarian, individualistic, decentralized, religious, property loving, and lightly governed.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1831 an ambitious and unusually perceptive twenty-five-year-old French aristocrat visited the United States. Alexis de Tocqueville’s official purpose was to study the American penal system, but his real interest was America herself.
Detailed explanation-4: -In general, individualist cultures tend to conceive of people as self-directed and autonomous, and they tend to prioritize independence and uniqueness as cultural values.