James Caleb Jackson

westward expansion inspired some positive political changes for whites, its negative impacts on American Indians and African American slaves were even more significant because they promoted increased sectionalism and set the stage for the Civil War. Westward expansion in the early 1800s gave rise to the politically transformative Age of Jackson and the economically significant Market Revolution. Following John Quincy Adams’ “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824, Andrew Jackson formed the Democratic Party. In the subsequent presidential election of 1828, his western and southern constituents took advantage of universal white male suffrage and voted as a geographic block in favor of Old Hickory. This Election Map’s purpose is to illustrate that newer states consistently voted for Jackson—an indication that as America expanded further west, the political power of slaveholding Democrats would likely grow. Moreover, the influence of the “common man,” as depicted in the Romantic novels of James Fenimore Cooper and George Caleb Bingham’s painting The County Election, moved to the cultural forefront of American life. Painted in the historical context of the Age of Jackson, Bingham’s artwork celebrates common folk, most likely Democrats, who express their newly obtained political rights. Meanwhile, while a symbolic African-American—probably a slave— obediently serves alcohol, excluded from the celebration. Politically, westward expansion expanded the rights of some at the expense of others,…

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In the world, there are many great ideas that become superb inventions. One excellent invention, that is valuable and influential in our daily lives, is cereal, more so to busy people. This invention goes way back in history all the way to 1863 when it was invented by a man named James Caleb Jackson. The inventor originally poured a small amount of granola into a bowl with a splash of milk, and left it overnight and that's how we have cereal today! Cereal was originally invented to help cure…