1. Andrew Jackson and Democracy
Jackson offered limited government to the right wing and more direct power for the people to the left wing. ... Jackson, after the "corrupt bargain" between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, believed that the electoral process needed to change (Remini, p.17). ... Madison stated that "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgement, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity" (Federalist 10, p.48). ... During this process the Cherokee nation sued the state of Georgia and actually told the Cherokee nation that they are not a foreign power...
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