USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Andrew Jackson’s election shifted power from whom to whom?
A
Supreme Court
B
Henry Clay
C
the wealthy/elite to the common people
D
Federalist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson’s popularity led to suggestions that he run for president. At first, he professed no interest in the office, but by 1824 his boosters had rallied enough support to get him a nomination as well as a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Jackson, despite his high office, became emblematic of the common man because he came from humble beginnings. Democratic-Republican Party: an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson. They supported an agrarian-based, decentralized, democratic government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The appeal of Jackson to the ordinary man helped lead to the new period known as “the common man era.” As president, Andrew Jackson embraced the role of protecting “common men"-his decisions in matters such as the rotation of office holders can be argued as being in their interest.

Detailed explanation-4: -For example, Jacksonian democracy believed that the common man should be able to vote and pushed for expanded male suffrage for those white men over 21. This benefited those men who received the right to vote.

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