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Notes of Chapter 10 in Give Me Liberty textbook...

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Offline Reading: https://ncia.wwnorton.com/90752 https://ncia.wwnorton.com/90752 Ch 10 - Democracy in America (1815-1840) ● Focus Questions ○ What were the social bases for the flourishing democracy of the early midnineteenth century? ○ What efforts strengthened or hindered the economic integration of the nation? ○ What were the major areas of conflict between nationalism and sectionalism? ○ In what ways did Andrew Jackson embody the contradictions of democratic nationalism? ○ How did the Bank War influence the economy and party competition? ● Introduction ○ Inauguration of Andrew Jackson (March 4th, 1829) ■ Something changed in American politics ● The swearing-in of the president was usually a small event with few people coming ○ However 20,000 people came to the White House to witness this inauguration ■ Vandalizing and destroying various objects in the building ○ Major events in Andrew Jackson’s Career ■ The market revolution ■ The westward movement ■ Expansion of slavery ■ Growth of democracy ○ Unlike other Presidents, Jackson was from a humble background which reflected the era’s democratic ideology ○ Jackson was born in 1767 in South Carolina ■ He was orphaned during the American Revolution ■ While he was still a youth, he served during the War of Independence ■ Military campaigns of his against British and Indians made it possible for the Cotton Kingdom to arise ● He was a “triumph of political democracy” ○ Americans are proud of themselves on the world’s oldest democracy ○ Democracy became a central part of the definition of America ● The Triumph of Democracy

○ Market revolution and territorial expansion were important alongside political democracy ■ The idea of property qualifications for voting came about during the American Revolution and became final in the early nineteenth century ■ The personal independence necessary in citizens now rested on one’s self, not on property. Meaning anyone can vote, with or without property ○ The Dorr War ■ The state that...