THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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Merchants in New England
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Native Americans in the North
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Common men across the country
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Wealthy planters in the South
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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 appeal of Jackson to the ordinary man helped lead to the new period known as “the common man era.” As president, Andrew Jackson embraced the role of protecting “common men"-his decisions in matters such as the rotation of office holders can be argued as being in their interest.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jackson’s supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party. His political rivals John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay created the National Republican Party, which would afterward combine with other anti-Jackson political groups to form the Whig Party.