JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Expansion of slavery
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State nullification crisis
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Supreme Court judicial review
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Rejection of the national bank
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bank had too much power over the economy and favored the wealthy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Whig Party was a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of President Andrew Jackson and his Jacksonian Democrats.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jackson dominated in the South and the West, aided in part by the passage of the Tariff of 1828. With the ongoing expansion of the right to vote to most white men, the election marked a dramatic expansion of the electorate, with 9.5% of Americans casting a vote for president, compared with 3.4% in 1824.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jackson’s distrust of the Bank was also political, based on a belief that a federal institution such as the Bank trampled on states’ rights. In addition, he felt that the Bank put too much power in the hands of too few private citizens–power that could be used to the detriment of the government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: Andrew Jackson promoted democracy by campaigning on the rights of the masses and for the common man. Jackson’s democratic approach to government changed the way candidates for public office would campaign by going to the people.