Question

Why do you think Andrew Jackson benefited from the reduction of property qualifications for voting in most states?

Answer 1

Answer:

He was the first U.S. president to come from the area west of the Appalachians and the first to gain office by a direct appeal to the mass of voters.

Explanation:

Jackson's approach appealed to the vindication of a new democracy, then reached out to the masses who were entitled to less property, benefiting from this outlier thinking and identification to humble origins in his discourse.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The factor helping Andrew Jackson was that more people were getting involved in politics between 1800-1828. In some places, the property requirement to vote was dropped. This allowed more working class males to vote. As a result, Jackson had a greater chance of getting more votes because he said he represented the common man.

In 1824 only 25 percent of adult white males had been eligible to vote. With the decline in property and religious qualifications, more people voted in the 1828 elections. And in twenty-two of the twenty-four states, eligible voters rather than state legislators were to select their state's presidential electors. Jackson won 178 electoral votes to 83 electoral votes for Adams, Jackson having done well in all states except in populous New England and New Jersey.

When taking office in 1829, Jackson rewarded his southern supporters with appointments. The Jackson administration supported states’ rights, slavery and the low tariffs favored also by the South. Jackson was a most activist president, accused by his opponents of usurping power that belonged to Congress. Jackson was successful in foreign affairs, ending in 1830 a long dispute between the United States and Britain over reopening British West Indian ports to American commerce. And under Jackson more states lowered their property qualifications for voting, and by 1840 the number of white adult males eligible to vote had risen to 78 percent.

Jackson supported the common white male also in his policy of opening more land to him at the expense of Indians. In 1830, Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. And, in the congressional elections that year, Jackson and the Democrats managed to defeat Crockett's bid for reelection.