... to time.) By the late 1830s, the United States had become a full democracy for adult white males, but inequalities still existed: poor people were still poor, and while wealth may not have bought votes directly, it certainly was a prerequisite for any kind of real power. What was different about America was not that the gap between rich and poor had narrowed indeed ... , the opposite was probably true, but that there were few systemic barriers (except for slavery) that prevented people from gaining wealth and power. However limited, the idea of America, as a land of unprecedented opportu...

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... was nominated for the election by the legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee. He was an advocate of the "American System". He proposed high tariffs, which he felt, would protect America's newly blossoming industries. He also advocated steep prices for federal land, the profits of which would serve to conduct internal improvements. Clay felt that this system could bolster his support ... and the White House by taking the refreshments outside. Jackson wanted to destroy the old aristocracy that held the power in American politics. He believed that every adult white male was equally importan...

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... include saving New Orleans from British attack and imposing martial law. But what made him become a hero was The Battle of New Orleans where he killed 2,000 British troops, and America only faced 21 casualties. During his time as major general, he was ordered to respond to the raids of the Seminole Indians on the Georgia settlements during the First Seminole ... 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 1, 1831. B. In 1831, Samuel Francis Smith, a theology student, wrote...

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