... enfranchised voters drove out the entrenched elite class and elected on of their own. Other historians viewed Jackson as a despot whose appeal to the uneducated masses and "corrupt" spoils system endangered the well fair of the nation. Nonetheless, Andrew Jackson would have an impact on the government. The changing politics of the Jacksonian years paralleled complex social and economic ... Thomas Jefferson. Jackson remained popular because he portrayed himself as the embodiment of the people's will. These following political reforms: Rotation of office, the rise of third parties and the s...

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... , the Jacksonians are allowing the people to make up their own minds on the subject of slavery. A third example of Jackson's guarding of political democracy can be seen in the spoils system. The spoils system awards political supporters with political office. This allows many people to serve in the government. Because of Jackson's belief that "every man is as good as his neighbor," the ... spoils system was especially effective. He felt that if he had "ordinary" people in office, then the government would be able to do two things: win the support of their peers and ... when he ordered ...

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... not gain the same rights extended to whites. This white supremacy was one of the questionable practices taken up in the New Democracy. Another questionable practice of Jackson was the spoils system. In this, political supporters of Jackson were rewarded with a place in office. This was not only unfair because only followers of Jackson would hold an office, but because it allowed ... is because it takes a certain kind of person to lead and be capable of taking the responsibility of holding an office. With the spoils system, corrupt people were allowed to take charge. This led to corrupti...

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... states removed any religious or property qualifications for holding office. The number of voters increased nearly by seven times during Jackson's presidency. By 1832, nearly all states adopted a new system for choosing for choosing its electors. Before Jackson's presidency, the electors were chosen by state legislatures. Now all the states in the Union, except South Carolina, had adopted a ... office, instead of being appointed. This gave the voters more control of their local government, and increased participation in elections. Another principle of the Jacksonian Democracy was the ro...

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... office to one term and appoint another in their place, therefore, emphasizing the average American capable to hold government office. Along with rotation came the reestablishment of the spoils system. "To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy," meaning that any previous office holder who was not a loyal Democrat be fired. The additions of these systems were advances toward greater political democracy ... ...

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... the hands of aristocratic East to the hands of the agrarian West. Once in office, Jackson wasted no time in rewarding his supporters with public offices, a practice known as the "spoils system." Unlike the presidents before him, Jackson heartily believed in the ability of any American to quickly catch on to the duties of office. Rather than creating a bureaucratic class of office ... suspicious of the old practice of secretly nominating presidential candidates through a congressional caucus. They worried that a president who felt indebted to Congress for his position might disrupt the c...

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... that the House would act on his strong showing. However, Clay, as Speaker of the House, used his influence to sway the vote to Adams. This created the two party system. Jackson formed the Democrats who consisted of small farmers, new businessmen and city workers. They were against an extremely powerful federal government and wanted a greater democracy. Clay formed the other ... soon as he was appointed, he took out those government workers who made a career out of governmental work, and replaced them with his own supporters. This was known as the "spoils system". The economy changed dra...

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... that Jackson actually raises his own power when he vetoed the bank, and these powers are unknown. Jackson did sometimes abuse these powers that Webster spoke of. Jackson used the spoils system to move and include more Jacksonians into office. He also had a second cabinet that he would go to for advice rather than his official one. One large instance where Jackson ... ...

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... constitutionalists, and up holders of equal economic opportunity, individual liberty and political democracy. The Jacksonian democrats completely supported their political views and their view of themselves with nationalization of the Spoils System, universal white suffrage, and the destruction of the 2nd National Bank, during the President Andrew Jackson's administration of the 1820's and 1830's. A hot topic since the days after the Revolution ... ...

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... would help him to gain more votes in coming elections." The Working Men's Declaration of Independence" is an excellent example of how political democracy was protected. Jackson also used the spoils system and awarded those who were loyal to the party by assigning them a governmental office. The president had completed so much that in a visit to the United States in 1834, British ... ...

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... it may seem that Webster's opinion was biased from his being a Whig, it does truthfully show how the rich and the supporters of the bank felt. Jackson also instituted the spoils system which was to reward Jackson's supporters. Since Jackson's supporters were the common man, Jackson helped the common man to have office jobs. Jackson believed that an office job was able ... ...

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... ability to vote as well, so Jackson really pumped up the interest factor in politics by opposing both the national bank and tariffs which a good number of voters disliked. The spoils system Jackson put into effect allowed him to make his friends part of his presidential cabinet and fire any of the previous employees of the White House. Jackson also just allowed ... ...

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