Jacksonian Democracy by Mariah Henderson
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- So, Dan, I heard you know a lil bit about Jacksonian Democracy??
- Sure!!
- Yeah Diane, I know a little something, Want me to share it with you?
- It started in 1829 when Andrew Jackson won the presidential election.
- He expanded suffrage for the common man.
- Suffrage means to Vote.
- What is suffrage
- Jackson expanded voting rights.But only for white men, not for women, blacks or Native Americans.
- Oh WOW!!
- Then there was the Spoils System.
- Was that for spoiled brats?
- No. That was when the party in power would reward their supporters with jobs in the White House
- (chuckles) Yeah!
- Oh like the saying, To the victor go the spoils
- President Jackson also wanted a very strong government.
- Yes, but with the 3 branches of government, he wanted to expand the power of then executive branch.
- I thought the president was already powerful?
- Didn't he get into a war with the banks?
- Yes, and with his newly established power, he vetoed the Supreme Court's decision to continue the Second National Bank's charter. and ultimately destroyed them.
- Lastly, for this afternoon Diane... Jackson wanted the white man to be able to settle lands in the west.
- Okay, that sounds good.
- No, because that led to the Trail of Tears / Indian Removal Act of 1930, that allowed the white men to take the Native American Indians land and forced them to relocate hundreds of miles away.
- Yes, this was devastating to the Indian Tribes. Thousands and thousands of them got sick, starved and even died.
- That's terrible!
- Well Diane, that's it for this afternoon. I hope you learned a lil bit about the Jacksonian Democracy
- You're welcome!
- I certainly did. And I also notice that in politics, as much as things change--many things stay the same. Thanks Dan!!
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