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Democracy is the central feature of government in the United States of America. It was an idea set forth by our Founding Fathers as the building block upon which our nation would grow. Democracy is a constant in American government but it was radically changed with the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency in 1828. Jackson wanted to bring the common people back into the government, taking it away from the elitists that had begun to dominate American politics. What was important to his…

The Market Revolution describes how the marketplace evolved during the 19th century. After new construction was done to connect communities and farmers, easier access steadily increased, resulting in growth in the economy. This brought greater opportunities for buyers and seller as their marketplace grew tremendously. Now, they were not limited to only the people in their immediate area, they were able to sell to individuals all over. “Thousands of miles of roads and canals, most funded by…

industrialize proved detrimental in the following decades as it became a major issue during the Civil War. By 1828, the tariff rates increased by 45% bringing the south into an agricultural depression. John Calhoun, the vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, led The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, which suggested the states need to join together in order to get back their basic rights. Furthermore, Calhoun believed that the federal government could only pass…

The men that shaped our nation have been a part of our history for over hundreds of years. The most import men are Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Robert Hayne, and others. These men have taken multiple terms in office in different positions and made an impact in all of their offices held even in their hometown states. John C. Calhoun was a congressman who also ended up being a vice president, secretary of state, and U.S. secretary of war. Calhoun was born on March 18, 1782 in South Carolina and…

After watching Amistad and reading Walker Howe’s What Hath God Wrought and Sean Wilentz’s the Rise of American Democracy, the terrors of slavery and the incongruities of the legal system in a divided America was made apparent. The story of the Amistad Case is heart wrenching, but clearly exemplifies the changed our country has made in the definition of human rights and foreign agreements. Amistad tells the story of captured Africans who were transported from Cuba to America. Cinque, an African…

for the government. The era of good feelings ends in 1824. The “corrupt bargain” of 1824 marks the end of the Jeffersonian Republican Party. None of the candidates won a majority of the electoral votes, so the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson. Adams tells Henry Clay to support…

He worked with secretary John Quincy Adams to form an aggressive, and solid foreign policy in regard to European affairs. In the beginning, the Monroe administration wanted to improve their relations with Britain. Towards the end of the process, it negotiated two main agreements with…

During the Jacksonian Era, which lasted from about 1824 to 1840, the term “the common man” was used in reference to the social structures that were dominant in Britain at the time of American Independence. The term is used to characterize middle and lower class citizens. There is also the elite man, who are high class citizens. But in America, theoretically, any man can rise to an elite status. No man is bound to his class status, as class status is only reliant on the man 's ability and his…

The election process in the United States is a valuable process to the proper officials to satisfy the people. The people run the country which is why we lived in freedom, because we control what happens with major decisions by selecting whom we want to decide these political decisions. The whole country goes to vote on a certain day, and by the end of the day, we will vote to select who will run the city, county, state, or country political positions. The most complex decisions that have the…

“The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. That 's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born” (Bennis). Warren Bennis’s quote really opened my eyes as to why I chose George Washington as the overall best president during the antebellum period. Prior to becoming president, Washington gained leadership experience from being Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, from…