USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

THE TRAIL OF TEARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When most white American men are allowed to vote regardless of owning land or not, this was known as:
A
Jacksonian democracy
B
Nullification Crisis
C
Trail of Tears
D
Universal Suffrage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -President Andrew Jackson, champion of frontiersmen, helped advance the political rights of those who did not own property. By about 1860, most white men without property were enfranchised.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jacksonian democracy was a 19th century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21, and restructured a number of federal institutions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jackson Era, running from around 1820 to 1845, was a time of rampant growth and regional diversification. World views and ways of living changed as quickly as in the 20th century. Transportation was revolutionized and the foundation of a manufacturing economy was laid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prior to this period, American politics was dominated by a few aristocratic families. Jacksonian democracy, however, introduced practices such as the two-party system and the spoils system, and expanded voting rights to all white males.

Detailed explanation-5: -Beyond position-taking, the Jacksonians propounded a social vision in which any white man would have the chance to secure his economic independence, would be free to live as he saw fit, under a system of laws and representative government utterly cleansed of privilege.

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