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Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy Comparison

Questions

Jeffersonian Democracy

Jacksonian Democracy

Political
To what extent was universal
white manhood suffrage
achieved?
Which citizens were considered
eligible for office holding?

Believed property requirement was a test of


character that man of initiative should be able
to meet

Property requirements for voting had been


eliminated

Believed the educated elite should rule,


although he proposed education for all to
prepare poorer individuals for public office

Believed all men were qualified to hold office


and that political positions should be rotated

How were candidates for


president chosen?

Candidates were chosen by caucuses of


political leaders

Nominating conventions were introduced


during Jacksons time

Economic
In what way did Jackson expand
the concepts of the chosen
class?
How did each man view
industrialization?

Yeoman farmer as the chosen class

Jackson included planters, farmers, laborers,


and mechanics in chosen class

Originally feared the consequences of


industrialization

Accepted industry as essential to American


economy

How did the Charles River


Bridge v. Warren Bridge decision
affect the access to corporate
charters prevalent in Jeffersons
time?
What was each mans attitude
toward the Bank of the United
States?
Social
What was each mans attitude
toward slavery?
What was each mans attitude
toward equality for women &
American Indians
How did each man view
education?

In Js time corporate charters were granted to


favorites of state legislators & often implied
monopoly rights to a business

Roger Taney, Jacksons 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 business
Jackson saw Bank as a monopoly of the rich

How did each hope to remove


obstacles to upward social
mobility?

Religious
To what extent was separation of
church and state accomplished in
each period?

Both disapproved originally at least,


disagreed with a loose interpretation of the
elastic clause
Owned slaves, saw slavery as an evil that time
would eradicate

Owned slaves, but seemed little interested in


abolition

Neither man saw women or American Indians


as equals

Had a particularly negative attitude toward


Native Americans

An educated man himself, believed education


was necessary for office-holding and for
preparing citizens for participation in a
democracy
Education & ambition were keys to success;
however, he was never able to build support
for his proposed system of public education

Had little education & believed education was


relatively unimportant

Most state constitutions had eliminated


established churches after the Revolution;

Ended 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 example
Massachusetts, the last state to maintain an
established church, ended the practice in 1834

War of 1812
Dates

1812-1814

President

James Madison

Causes

Impressment of sailors
Freedom of the seas threatened.
U.S. hoped to gain Canada from England
War Hawks Pressure

Important Military Events

England burned Washington


Plattsburg battle
Battle of the Thames
Siege of Baltimore
New Orleans

Treaty

Ghent

Terms

No resolution of original disputes


No territory gained for either side

Importance

War promoted American nationalism and patriotism


Crushed Indian resistance in South and West
Federalist Party died
Industrialization began in New England
Era of Good Feelings began

You should be able to:


Explain Jeffersons Revolution of 1800 and discuss his goals as president
Explain the causes of the War of 1812
Understand the outcomes of the War of 1812 and the development of American nationalism
Describe the development of the American national economy
Explain how the decisions of the Marshall Court reinforced nationalism
Describe and explain the growth of the new Democracy that occurred in the wake of the
War of 1812
Discuss the ways in which the rise of the common man led to the development of mass
politics
Describe the winners and loser (including Native Americans) in the Jacksonian age

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