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**Theme:** Politics **Topic:** Development of Democracy Between 1820-40 **Free Response Question**: Analyze the extent to which the following influencd the development of democracy between 1820 to 1840: Jacksonian economic policy Changes in electoral politics Second Great Awakening Westward movement Introductory Paragraph **Setting:** The Age of The Common Man was notable for mass movement westward and the increase in voting males. **Basis for Analysis**: The US Democratic government was affected through the movement of political centers and changes in the voter demographics and ideals. **Partitions**: Western ideals=2nd awakening+Westward movement, Changes in Electoral politics= slave issue+ westward movement, Jacksonian economic policy **Thesis:** Democracy was changed as the US spread westward, and while Jackson expanded democratic rights by expanding male suffrage, the era was defined by his ultimate crack down on minorities and degradation of the government of the US through damaging policies and extending of the executive branch.

**Partition 1:** Western Values Increase Influence and Change Land Act of 1820 spread US settlers west, Western settlers focus on survival and challenged the east West was concerned with survival and debts, and was not very happy with the federal bank Second Great awakening stressed individual ability to gain redemption, gave settlers a sense of independence and power--> didn't like having a national government made up of elites (Second Great awakening tried to combine church and state in many cases, religion was key in a candidate) Indians also not liked--> Jackson focused his power and forced Indians out of Georgia despite judicial opposition All these concepts became focuses of the government

<span style="background-color: #808000; color: #e1ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Partition 2:** Electoral Pressures in relation to Slave States 1819, 22 states, equal slaves and non-slave states Missouri applied for statehood, Missouri Compromise determined the makeup of further states, influencing democracy by pre-determining the types of states in the union The migration west had left the middle colonies emptier, so there was only northern free, southern slave Government lost effectiveness as political gridlock grew, and this hurt democracy as many states were forced into one or another catagory

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">** Partition 3: ** Jackson's Policies Jackson spurred on these feelings and changes by going to radical measures to carry out the will of the people The panic of 1819 was caused by the difficu Jackson's economic policy shut down the federal bank The federal bank shut down increased the amount of state and local bank power, increased democracy locally Jackson also put in the Tariff of Abominations, and used political force to enforce his economic policies, ignoring the voices of dissent in the South--> hurt democracy Thus, while in the panic of 1819, Jackson supported his own constituency by rashly shutting down the bank, hurting stability of businesses

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 23px; text-align: left;">General Information: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">-Tariff of Abominations <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">-General beliefs of the Western settlers <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">-Land act of 1820 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">-Demographics of West <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">-Basics of the Second Great Awakening <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">-Panic of 1819 caused by the 2nd BUS