... initiated the sweeping removal of high-ranking officials from their posts in government with claims that he intended to rid Washington of the corrupt, lazy and complacent behavior that was common among tenured officers. Working hostility so as not to give the public reason to suspect his deceitful ploy, his next move was to appoint many of his comrades and loyal ... ...

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... the disaffection of the 1820s and 1830s and molded it into an effective national party, they advanced the democratization of American politics. By denouncing the moneyed aristocracy and proclaiming the common man, they also helped politicize American life, broadening electoral participation to include an overwhelming majority of the electorate. Yet this very politicization would ultimately prove the Jacksonian Democracy's undoing. Once ... ...

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