Kohls ideas of the “Age of Jackson” or “The Jacksonian World” were mainly different than the Historical stereotypes of this age. He thinks that the Whigs are the ones had most of the power in politics and the economy of this time. Its not that the Whigs were better than the Jacksonian’s or anything like that they just had an outlook about life that was quiet different than the Jacksonian outlook. Jacksonian’s thought that they were always being used in some way or form, and looked for the bad in everything. Whigs looked for the good in everything and were ready and happy for economic and social change. Jacksonian’s have a big issue with economic inequality throughout this book. They think that the Whigs true cause is to own the economy. Kohl defines a Jacksonian Democrat as a man that is torn between the demands of character and his society. Jacksonians were bound up with conflict inside themselves at this time of history. Although Jacksonian’s did change as society and the economy changed they were always looking for someone or something to point a finger at or talk about. These democrats were always thinking of how they were being misused. The Jacksonian’s had three names for the types of people in th
In Kohls opinion it was still hard at this time for the modern man to move up in the economic and political terms. The average man who was a farmer or laborer was stuck in a huge conflict with the rich Whig men. In his book Kohl talks about how the Whigs were pretty much taking over the political and economical worldsbecause they had the money and the prestige. The democrats were just looking for a way to let their side of the story to be heard and represented. The Jacksonian, or common man ideas were now being taken over by the Whiggish ideas about economical growth. Bank loans, paper money, and manufacturing were all Whig ideas and were starting to overcome the farmers ideas of earning your money before you spend it. Still today it is hard for the common man to move up in the political world without having some kind of connection with the system.
The “victim and victimizers” idea first came about when Jackson wasn’t elected to the House of Representatives in 1824. Jackson was furious when he wasn’t elected, and spoke out about it in his speeches after the election. He thought that Adams and Clay had cheated him out of the House. As Jackson gave more and more speeches his feelings just kept getting stronger and stronger until he finally began to speak out that not only him, but the people had also been cheated in this election. The Jacksonian’s were the farmers and laborers, and things of that nature at this time in history. The manufacturers and bankers of this time were the Whigs. So in other words the Jacksonian’s believed that every Whig idea was designed to harm or hurt them. Banks and paper money were among some of the many policies that the Whigs put into play that made the Jacksonian’s think that they were being victimized. Jacksonians were always thinking that the intentions of the other people were to cut down and harm them
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