Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1829. He believed that more people more white men, not Native Americans African Americans or women-should have the right to vote. His attempts to include more lower and middle class Americans in the political process is known as Jacksonian Democracy. Jackson reformed voting rules in the Western states by doing away with the requirement that you had to be a property owner to vote, though this requirement remained in place in Eastern states. Jacksons changes resulted in increased voters turnout, a new frontier voice in American politics and a renamed political party (the Democrats) Jackson also brought new powers to the presidency. He used his veto power at will to shape national politics as he saw fit, which set certain precedents for powerful presidents to come. Jackson had many nicknames-the press called him King Mob and many Native Americans called him Sharp Knife.Jacksonian Democracy

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Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1829. He believed that more people more white men, not Native American’s African Americans or women-should have the right to vote. His attempts to include more lower and middle class Americans in the political process is known as Jacksonian Democracy. Jackson reformed voting rules in the Western states by doing away with the requirement that you had to be a property owner to vote, though this requirement remained in place in Eastern states. Jackson’s changes resulted in increased voters turnout, a new frontier voice in American politics and a renamed political party (the Democrats) Jackson also brought new powers to the presidency. He used his veto power at will to shape national politics as he saw fit, which set certain precedents for powerful presidents to come. Jackson had many nicknames-the press called him “King Mob” and many Native “Americans called him “Sharp Knife."Jacksonian Democracy

A	included more lower and middle class men in America’s political process
B	gave Native Americans the right to vote.
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System.

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: -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.

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USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

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