Answer:
Explanation
Jeffersonian Democracy
Believed property requirement was a test of character that man of initiative should be able to meet
Believed the educated elite should rule, although he proposed education for all to prepare poorer individuals for public office
Candidates were chosen by caucuses of political leaders
Yeoman farmer as the “chosen class”
Originally feared the consequences of industrialization
In J’s time corporate charters were granted to favorites of state legislators & often implied monopoly rights to a business
Both disapproved – originally at least, disagreed with a loose interpretation of the elastic clause
Owned slaves, saw slavery as an evil that time would eradicate
Neither man saw women or American Indians as equals
An educated man himself, believed education was necessary for office-holding and for preparing citizens for participation in a democracy
Education & ambition were keys to success; however, he was never able to build support for his proposed system of public education
Most state constitutions had eliminated established churches after the Revolution;
Jacksonian Democracy
Property requirements for voting had been eliminated
Believed all men were qualified to hold office and that political positions should be rotated
Nominating conventions were introduced during Jackson’s time
Jackson included planters, farmers, laborers, and mechanics in “chosen class”
Accepted industry as essential to American economy
Roger Taney, Jackson’s appointee as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ruled in Charles River Bridge decision that corporate charters should be available to all who chose to risk starting a business
Jackson saw Bank as a monopoly of the rich
Owned slaves, but seemed little interested in abolition
Had a particularly negative attitude toward Native Americans
Had little education & believed education was relatively unimportant
Ended the Bank & with it, control over credit, CRB decision opened opportunities for individuals to get corporate charters & thus rise on both economic and social ladders. Jackson, a self-made man, believed his economic progress had accounted for his own upward social mobility & others could follow his example
Massachusetts, the last state to maintain an established church, ended the practice in 1834
