JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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Question
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He favored the elites
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He was a war hero
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He believed ordinary people should participate in government
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He came from a humble upbringing
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Many Americans judged the American System by its impact on their local interests. Jackson had supported it on national grounds, as a means to build the country’s strength and secure its economic independence. Poor transportation in particular had hamstrung the American military effort in the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-3: -While Jackson believed in a strict construction of the Constitution and in states’ rights, he believed that when the Constitution had delegated power to the federal government, the federal government had to be supreme. Jackson also valued the Union and was not willing to see it compromised or to let it disintegrate.
Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Jackson should be remembered as a hero of the common man due to his unifying leadership, generous approach of governing, and concern for economic equality.