Social Sciences and History / Unit 1 SSH 0027 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Jacksonian Democracy and the Second Party System
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The idea
Universal White manhood suffrage replaced deference. The House gave the eighteen twenty-four election to Adams; Jackson's supporters called it a corrupt bargain with Clay. Jackson won in eighteen twenty-eight and rewarded loyalists with offices, the spoils system.
In practice
Eighteen forty's log cabin campaign, both parties courting the crowd.
Where people slip
Democrats against Whigs formed the second party system; Tocqueville warned of the majority's tyranny.
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