Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy Comparison



Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy ComparisonQuestionsJeffersonian DemocracyJacksonian DemocracyPoliticalTo what extent was universal white manhood suffrage achieved?Believed property requirement was a test of character that man of initiative should be able to meetProperty requirements for voting had been eliminatedWhich citizens were considered eligible for office holding?Believed the educated elite should rule, although he proposed education for all to prepare poorer individuals for public officeBelieved all men were qualified to hold office and that political positions should be rotatedHow were candidates for president chosen?Candidates were chosen by caucuses of political leadersNominating conventions were introduced during Jackson’s timeEconomicIn what way did Jackson expand the concepts of the “chosen class”?Yeoman farmer as the “chosen class”Jackson included planters, farmers, laborers, and mechanics in “chosen class”How did each man view industrialization?Originally feared the consequences of industrializationAccepted industry as essential to American economyHow did the Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge decision affect the access to corporate charters prevalent in Jefferson’s time?In J’s time corporate charters were granted to favorites of state legislators & often implied monopoly rights to a businessRoger Taney, Jackson’s appointee as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ruled in Charles River Bridge decision that corporate charters should be available to all who chose to risk starting a businessWhat was each man’s attitude toward the Bank of the United States?Both disapproved – originally at least, disagreed with a loose interpretation of the elastic clauseJackson saw Bank as a monopoly of the richSocialWhat was each man’s attitude toward slavery?Owned slaves, saw slavery as an evil that time would eradicateOwned slaves, but seemed little interested in abolitionWhat was each man’s attitude toward equality for women & American IndiansNeither man saw women or American Indians as equalsHad a particularly negative attitude toward Native AmericansHow did each man view education?An educated man himself, believed education was necessary for office-holding and for preparing citizens for participation in a democracyHad little education & believed education was relatively unimportantHow did each hope to remove obstacles to upward social mobility?Education & ambition were keys to success; however, he was never able to build support for his proposed system of public educationEnded the Bank & with it, control over credit, CRB decision opened opportunities for individuals to get corporate charters & thus rise on both economic and social ladders. Jackson, a self-made man, believed his economic progress had accounted for his own upward social mobility & others could follow his exampleReligiousTo what extent was separation of church and state accomplished in each period?Most state constitutions had eliminated established churches after the Revolution; Massachusetts, the last state to maintain an established church, ended the practice in 1834War of 1812 Dates1812-1814PresidentJames MadisonCausesImpressment of sailorsFreedom of the seas threatened.U.S. hoped to gain Canada from EnglandWar Hawks’ Pressure Important Military EventsEngland burned WashingtonPlattsburg battleBattle of the ThamesSiege of BaltimoreNew OrleansTreatyGhentTermsNo resolution of original disputesNo territory gained for either sideImportance War promoted American nationalism and patriotismCrushed Indian resistance in South and WestFederalist Party diedIndustrialization began in New EnglandEra of Good Feelings began You should be able to:Explain Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” and discuss his goals as presidentExplain the causes of the War of 1812Understand the outcomes of the War of 1812 and the development of American nationalismDescribe the development of the American national economyExplain how the decisions of the Marshall Court reinforced nationalismDescribe and explain the growth of the “new Democracy” that occurred in the wake of the War of 1812Discuss the ways in which the “rise of the common man” led to the development of mass politicsDescribe the “winners and loser” (including Native Americans) in the Jacksonian age ................
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