HIS 3728 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Nathaniel Macon, Second Party System, Jacksonian Democracy
Document Summary
Chapter 8: political parties and the coming of the civil war. By the 1830"s, accompanying this expansion in white-male democracy was an intense and widespread interest in politics- the whigs and the democrats. From the early republic to the jacksonian era. From the 1790"s to the 1820"s, the federalist politics dominated. Nathaniel macon, house of representatives, us senator. Jackson old hickory lost to john adams in 1824. Jackson opposed rechartering of bank of us. Conflict over nullification caused issues between nc and sc senator john. Political power skewed to slaveholding counties of nc. Delegates have to own 100 acres, resident of nc for 1 yr, 21 yr old, white. Constitutionalism, strong central govt, national bank policy, protective import tariff, land distribution policies to charge high prices, internal improvement and education. Favored individualism, minimal govt, states" rights, ordinary white men, low tariffs, free trade policies, opened western lands for cheap, indian removal.
