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■ Essential Question:–How did American “democracy”
change over time from the Age of Jefferson in 1800 to the Age of Jackson in the 1830s?
■ Reading Quiz Ch 13A (418-434)
Jeffersonian vs. Jacksonian
Democracy Activity
Jefferson vs. Jackson Discussion Questions ■ Party Ideal vs. Presidential Reality?
–In the Jeffersonian era (1800-1824), what was the “Jeffersonian ideal”?
–In the “Age of Jackson” (1824-1840), what was the “Jacksonian ideal”?
–To what extent did each man, Jefferson & Jackson, live up to their own party ideology? Which president was more consistent with his own ideal?
–To what extent were Jefferson & Jackson “representatives of the people”?
Jefferson vs. JacksonDemocratic-Repubs
■ Thomas Jefferson■ States’ rights■ Individual liberties ■ Strict interpretation
of the Constitution■ Support yeoman
farmers & an “agrarian republic”
Democrats■ Jackson
■ States’ rights■ Defend the
Constitution ■ Support democracy
for “common man”■ Economic
opportunity for all