The Jacksonian era changed politics, the economy and had many reform movements during his “Common man” period. America had grown in the favor of the average white man, even those who did not own property. He gave states more freedoms but had a strong federal power to keep the peace. Jackson had also brought equal protection and benefits to all. Jackson truly gave men power and safety, leaving a well-deserved legacy that improved life for the common man. That characterized Jackson’s period as the era of Common Man. The Jacksonian era changed politics dramatically. The corrupt bargain in the 1820’s started a political war between Jackson and the Adams and Clay team. Adams presidency was tainted by the taunts of Jackson. The Adams had the support
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The nullification doctrine proposed that if a federal law were to be deemed unconstitutional in a specific state then it would not be applicable to that state. This lead to the Nullification crisis, Jackson saw this act as treason and was prepared to use military to enforce congress’s laws, and earned the approval to do so in 1833. Calhoun the creator of the doctrine and senate representative for South Carolina, ran into problems when not one state supported his theory. Clay created a compromise, the tariff that started the doctrine would be lessened and the use of military to enforce laws was passed on the same day. Calhoun still saw this as a victory for his nullification doctrine and nullified the military force law, only to prove his point since the act was already void. Calhoun did learn a valuable lesson that in order to change something about the federal government, they needed support. Jackson had also decreed that all white males citizens have the right to vote, many states revised their constitution to allow those changes. But Rhode Island’s constitution prevented some citizens from voting, which resulted in the Dorr Rebellion. Dorr essentially created his own constitution and had is passed by the convention of “People’s Party”. So he had his own government inside Rhode Island, both governments claiming legitimacy in 1842. It was quickly shut down and the old government arrested
The nullification doctrine proposed that if a federal law were to be deemed unconstitutional in a specific state then it would not be applicable to that state. This lead to the Nullification crisis, Jackson saw this act as treason and was prepared to use military to enforce congress’s laws, and earned the approval to do so in 1833. Calhoun the creator of the doctrine and senate representative for South Carolina, ran into problems when not one state supported his theory. Clay created a compromise, the tariff that started the doctrine would be lessened and the use of military to enforce laws was passed on the same day. Calhoun still saw this as a victory for his nullification doctrine and nullified the military force law, only to prove his point since the act was already void. Calhoun did learn a valuable lesson that in order to change something about the federal government, they needed support. Jackson had also decreed that all white males citizens have the right to vote, many states revised their constitution to allow those changes. But Rhode Island’s constitution prevented some citizens from voting, which resulted in the Dorr Rebellion. Dorr essentially created his own constitution and had is passed by the convention of “People’s Party”. So he had his own government inside Rhode Island, both governments claiming legitimacy in 1842. It was quickly shut down and the old government arrested