HIST 015A Lecture 5: Democracy in America & Reform Impulse
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Clay believed in the american system promote the system. He got john quincy adams elected and thought that adams would. Adams wasn"t part of the whigs party. Martin van buren and the democratic party. Free agency to individuals, let the ppl decide on their own. Hierarchy of classes, but believed if you worked hard enough you could work your way up to a higher class. Removed tens of thousands from the southwest. Stated the native americans did not in fact own the land.
