Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy Open Response NAME:______

Respond to the following prompt:

Compare and Contrast Jeffersonian Democracy and Jacksonian Democracy. Include Political, Economic, and Social aspects of both.

*You may refer to the chart on the back and/or your textbook.

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Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy Comparison

Questions / Jeffersonian Democracy / Jacksonian Democracy
Political
To what extent was universal white manhood suffrage achieved? / Believed property requirement was a test of character that man of initiative should be able to meet / Property requirements for voting had been eliminated
Which citizens were considered eligible for office holding? / Believed the educated elite should rule, although he proposed education for all to prepare poorer individuals for public office / Believed all men were qualified to hold office and that political positions should be rotated
How were candidates for president chosen? / Candidates were chosen by caucuses of political leaders / Nominating conventions were introduced during Jackson’s time
Economic
In what way did Jackson expand the concepts of the “chosen class”? / Yeoman farmer as the “chosen class” / Jackson included planters, farmers, laborers, and mechanics in “chosen class”
How did each man view industrialization? / Originally feared the consequences of industrialization / Accepted industry as essential to American economy
How did the Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge decision affect the access to corporate charters prevalent in Jefferson’s time? / In J’s time corporate charters were granted to favorites of state legislators & often implied monopoly rights to a business / Roger Taney, Jackson’s appointee as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ruled in Charles River Bridge decision that corporate charters should be available to all who chose to risk starting a business
What was each man’s attitude toward the Bank of the United States? / Both disapproved – originally at least, disagreed with a loose interpretation of the elastic clause / Jackson saw Bank as a monopoly of the rich
Social
What was each man’s attitude toward slavery? / Owned slaves, saw slavery as an evil that time would eradicate / Owned slaves, but seemed little interested in abolition
What was each man’s attitude toward equality for women & American Indians / Neither man saw women or American Indians as equals / Had a particularly negative attitude toward Native Americans
How did each man view education? / An educated man himself, believed education was necessary for office-holding and for preparing citizens for participation in a democracy / Had little education & believed education was relatively unimportant
How did each hope to remove obstacles to upward social mobility? / Education & ambition were keys to success; however, he was never able to build support for his proposed system of public education / Ended the Bank & with it, control over credit, CRB decision opened opportunities for individuals to get corporate charters & thus rise on both economic and social ladders. Jackson, a self-made man, believed his economic progress had accounted for his own upward social mobility & others could follow his example
Religious
To what extent was separation of church and state accomplished in each period? / Most state constitutions had eliminated established churches after the Revolution; / Massachusetts, the last state to maintain an established church, ended the practice in 1834