UGS 303 Lecture 8: Interpreting the past; The common man’s president

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Undergraduate Studies
• Course: UGS 303
• Professor: Dr. Knapp

Document Summary

The seventh president, andrew jackson, of the united states was popularly known as the. Common man"s president. he hated the system of aristocracy and thus leaded the nation towards the extended democracy. His advance helped people like him: poor whites looking for opportunity(oakes). Democracy"s foundation relies in the participation of its citizens. Andrew jackson was one of the historical president whose policies focused on the suffrage and thus strengthening the democracy. The election of 1828 saw the new era of politics (oakes). Jacksonian democracy included the suffrage reform which promised of the universal suffrage of the white men irrelevant of the property holdings. This not only increased the bas vote for the. Democratic-republican party, but also enforced the image of andrew jackson as the. Common man"s president. the increase in the electorate for the democratic republican party proved to be harmful for the federalist opposition. Jackson won the presidency with the clear majority.