Topic > How "Democratic" Was Jacksonian Democracy - 2046

The rise of democratization in America describes the "Age of Jackson", but Jacksonian democracy is a concept that refers to the rise of political democracy in America through creation of the Democratic Party. On the one hand it is a time of democracy for the common man with expanded suffrage and strict constructionism in the federal system. Another view is that Jacksonianism can be seen as a living contradiction to the existence of slavery and minority subjugation in an age of white supremacy that defies any "democratic" nature. The "Age of Jackson" was an authentic movement for the common man as Deusen identifies it, combined with Chase's vision of the rise of white egalitarianism. Not only that, its philosophy is “democratic” as all governing bodies and bodies are subject to the direction of the people. However, Jackson's people did not include everyone; a citizen in this period would be a white male of age, more specifically the rising business class. Revisionist historians tend to link the origins much more to the profound effect of the market revolution on the socioeconomic nature of regions of the United States; compared to traditional visions of a political awakening from the American Revolution to the Jeffersonian Democratic Republicans. Yet Jacksonian democracy, in its form as Deusen most appropriately constructs it, was a "movement to secure justice and opportunity for the common man," and its ignorance of "ethnic and religious differences" and "local conditions" meant that it "reeked of demagogy, ruthlessness." and corruption" (Deusen GG, 1970, pp. 7-9). The "Age of Jackson" is linked to the introduction of universal male suffrage, through a "powerful democratic uprising", and as Hyland claims full "democratic equality " means " the...... middle of the sheet......s, Inc.Deusen, GG (1970). The rise and fall of Jacksonian democracy (1st ed.). New York: Van Nostand Reinhold Company.Foner, E. (2012). Give me freedom! An American History (Seagull 3rd ed.). New York: WWNorton & Company, Inc. Hyland, J. (1995). Democratic Theory: The Philosophical Foundation (1st ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press.McCormick, R.P. (1970). Essays on Jacksonian America (1st ed., Vol.5). (FO Gatell, ed.) Los Angeles: Holt, Rinehert and Winston, Inc. Pessen, E. (1978). Jacksonian America: Society, Personality, and Politics (revised ed.). Homewood, Illinios: The Dorsey Press.Remini, R.V. (1981). Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom (1st ed., Vol.2). Line: Harper &.Wallace, A.F. (1993). The Long and Bitter Trail: Andrew Jackson and the Indians. Hill & Wang. Wilentz, S. (2012). Jacksonian democracy. History Channel.