Jacksonians
Early Democratic Party
Jacksonians are followers or supporters of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president, or adherents to the political philosophy he championed.
Jacksonian democracy emphasized expanded voting rights for white men, distrust of elite institutions like the national bank, and populist rhetoric celebrating the "common man." The term also describes those sharing Jackson's aggressive, nationalist approach to foreign policy.
Jacksonians dominated American politics in the 1830s and 1840s.
Before a war's start
- manifest destinyObvious, inescapable fate
- WhigsAnti-absolutist party members
- Indian Removal ActLaw authorizing tribal expulsion
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
Missouri Compromise · Trail of Tears · Cherokee Nation · Hermitage · Henry Clay · John C. Calhoun · Martin Van Buren · Democratic Party
Typical ordinary citizen
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- majoritarianismRule by greatest number
anti-elitism · grassroots · electorate · participation · civic · popular sovereignty · political parties · patronage
Doctrine valuing farm life
- working-classManual laborers as group
- rank-and-fileOrdinary organization members
- hard moneyMetallic legal tender
- specieMoney in metal form
laissez-faire · states' rights · decentralization · anti-monopoly · yeoman farmer · limited government · executive power · democratic reform
antebellum
Before a war's start
- manifest destinyObvious, inescapable fate
- WhigsAnti-absolutist party members
- Indian Removal ActLaw authorizing tribal expulsion
states' rights · Missouri Compromise · Trail of Tears · Cherokee Nation · Hermitage · Henry Clay · John C. Calhoun · Martin Van Buren · Democratic Party · frontier expansion
common man
Typical ordinary citizen
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
majoritarianism · anti-elitism · grassroots · electorate · participation · civic · popular sovereignty · political parties · patronage · stump speeches
agrarianism
Doctrine valuing farm life
- working-classManual laborers as group
- rank-and-fileOrdinary organization members
- hard moneyMetallic legal tender
specie · laissez-faire · states' rights · decentralization · anti-monopoly · yeoman farmer · limited government · executive power · democratic reform · labor movement