Was the Jackon Era really about the Common Man

slavery Convention, held in 1840, they were directed into a screened-off section. The “common man” was still a misfit in a nation stuck in past conventions. Not all people had a voice in society, let alone national government.

The average person had no say in the dealings of government. The Election of 1824 proved that the area of politics was concerned with a battle over power rather than the will of the people. Four candidates of the same party ran against each other. By swinging the vote, Henry Clay allowed John Q. Adams to become president even though Andrew Jackson had the votes of most Americans. In return Clay became secretary of state. However, not all eligible voters had a voice in the initial election to begin with because at the time six states chose electors to

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Andrew Jackson, Jacksonian Period, Antislavery Convention, United BUS, Colonization Society, Exposition Protest, Henry Clay, John Adams, South Carolina, jacksonian period, ,