... trying to minimize the power of the capitalists and elevate the working class. Ideally, aristocracy as a whole would be eliminated, which would "purify- the Jacksonians' idea of democracy (Schlesinger 320). Adam Smith illustrates many of the Jacksonians' economic views in The Wealth of Nations. In it he said that the alliance of government and business, especially the national bank, was questionable. He ... ...

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... - March 3, 1837 IV. Campaign and issues A. First Campaign-(1824) This campaign turned to sectional rivalries and the strong personalities of the four candidates. Jackson's "down-home style" was preferred to Adam's evident aloofness. All four candidates supported some type of a protective tariff and some type of internal improvements. Jackson's first campaign was unsuccessful, loosing to John Q. Adams. In fact, Jackson won ... the other states. XI. Social Changes A. The Liberator-(1831) William Lloyd Garrison published the first issue of The Liberator, an anti-slavery journal, on January...

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