JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Unlimited term limits for the President of the US
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Spreading political power to all people and ensuring majority rule.
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Allowing the rich to make major decisions affecting all people.
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Moving Native Americans to a better place to live.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which phrase best describes “Jacksonian Democracy” ? Ordinary citizens had a leading role and an organized system of political parties arose.
Detailed explanation-3: -William S. Belko, in 2015, summarized “the core concepts underlying Jacksonian Democracy” as: equal protection of the laws; an aversion to a moneyed aristocracy, exclusive privileges, and monopolies, and a predilection for the common man; majority rule; and the welfare of the community over the individual.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jacksonian democracy, however, introduced practices such as the two-party system and the spoils system, and expanded voting rights to all white males.