By definition the word democracy deals with a form of government where the majority rules, a government in which the ultimate power lies in the masses. Between 1820 and 1840 Jackson’s economic policies and the events that coincided with the great migration westward aided this change in power from the rich to the masses.
Throughout his terms as president Andrew Jackson consistently fought for the rights of the masses. He sought to take the power out of the hands of the rich and give it to the masses. With Jackson’s leadership male suffrage was realized. Jackson fought to oust the entrenched office holders in the federal gover
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