Question

How did the Jacksonian Era change the course of politics?

Answer 1

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States he was popularly called the President for "the common man". He served two terms in office from 1829 to 1837. Under the President Jackson the politics of United States evolved from a republic, where voting rights were reserved to only elite whites land owners to a mass democracy. This means that every white males no matter to which socioeconomic class they belonged where given voting rights. He opposed the influence of Banking system and took drastic steps to control which resulted in economic instability for some period, but later was foundational for economic prosperity. It was Jackson who forcibly displaced the native Indians and relocated them to different places by enacting the Indian Removal Act. This had an devastating effect on the native Indians. Thus, Jacksonian era was period of political, economic, and social change.