HIST 015A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Kitchen Cabinet, Petticoat Affair, Political Machine
13 Nov 2017
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Hist 15a lecture 11 jacksonian democracy and economic growth: changing face of democracy, democracy as seen by founders, less desirable form of government, virtuous common man vs. natural aristocracy , anyone can vote regardless of economic status. Population growth in early 19th century: increases 1790-1840, improvements in public health, high birth rate, increases after 1840, foreign immigration. Expansion westward: louisiana purchase, great western migration , frontiersmen, trappers, traders, existing population, indian tribes, british, spanish, western movement, overpopulation and increase on land prices, policies pursued by federal government, security along frontier, expansion of plantation system. Revolution in transportation: national roads and turnpikes, from federal to state funding, canal boom, steam-powered transportation, robert fulton was the pioneer of steam-powered transportation, the clermont. Expansion of banking and credit: proliferation of state and private banks, re-chartering of bank of u. s, commercial law facilitating business.
