JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They voted multiple times
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They prevented the educated and wealthy from voting in the election
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They thought Jackson was just like them and voted for him
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They believed that only people born on the East Coast were eligible for presidency
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Electoral College met on December 3. Adams won the same states that his father had won in the election of 1800 (the New England states, New Jersey, and Delaware) and Maryland, but Jackson won all other states and won the election in a landslide.
Detailed explanation-2: -Common Man: the everyday, working class man – not a wealthy landowner or man of power like a politician. Andrew Jackson, despite his high office, became emblematic of the common man because he came from humble beginnings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Andrew Jackson believed he should have been elected President in 1824 because he won the majority of the electoral and popular vote. Jackson had 99 electoral votes and the plurality of the popular vote and believed he had support to be selected when the election went to the U.S. House.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jackson believed in having a small but strong federal government and held that every man (or woman) should be self-made, toil the earth and rely on his (or her) own independence.