
<p>Name ______Date ______Period _____ The Evolution of Democracy from Jefferson to Jackson</p><p>Part A: Complete the chart below to organize your research about the differences between Jeffersonian Democracy and Jacksonian Democracy.</p><p>Questions Jeffersonian Democracy Jacksonian Democracy</p><p>Political: To what extent was universal white manhood suffrage achieved?</p><p>Which citizens were considered eligible for office-holding?</p><p>How were candidates for President chosen?</p><p>Economic: In what way did Jackson expand the concept of the “chosen class”?</p><p>How did each man view industrialization?</p><p>What was each man’s attitude toward the Bank of the United States?</p><p>Social: What was each man’s attitude toward slavery?</p><p>What was each man’s attitude toward equality for women and Native Americans?</p><p>How did each man view education?</p><p>How did each hope to remove obstacles to upward social mobility?</p><p>Religious: To what extent was separation of church and state accomplished in each period?</p><p>Part B: Use your completed chart from Part A to help you answer the interpretive questions below: Name ______Date ______Period _____</p><p>1. In what respects was Jacksonian Democracy more democratic than Jeffersonian Democracy?</p><p>2. In what ways did each of the following contribute to the growth of democracy between 1800 and 1840? a. State constitutions:</p><p> b. Changes in political party procedures:</p><p> c. Actions taken by Jackson himself:</p><p>3. To what extent was Andrew Jackson responsible for changes in the period often called “Jacksonian Democracy”?</p><p>4. Did democratic changes in the “Age of Jackson” have greater political or economic impact? Explain your answer.</p><p>5. Both Jefferson and Jackson used the slogan “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.” To what extent did each achieve their goal?</p><p>6. How did the periods of Jeffersonian Democracy and Jacksonian Democracy illustrate the idea that democracy is a process rather than a conclusion?</p>
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