JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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rich plantation owners
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Native Americans
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western farmers and eastern workers
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Northeast factory owners
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Detailed explanation-1: -As national politics polarized around Jackson and his opposition, two parties grew out of the old Republican Party–the Democratic Republicans, or Democrats, adhering to Jackson; and the National Republicans, or Whigs, opposing him.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jacksonians demanded elected, not appointed, judges and rewrote many state constitutions to reflect the new values. In national terms, they favored geographical expansionism, justifying it in terms of manifest destiny.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jacksonian Democracy was an effort to control the power of the capitalist groups-predominantly from the East, for the benefit of the non capitalist groups-predominantly farmers and laboring men.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jackson early on established himself as a champion of the white settler against the interests of Native Americans. As president, Jackson instituted his pro-white sentiment in a series of policies that culminated with the forced removal of Native Americans from their native lands.