Jackson also believed in the "Spoils System", even though he did think experience was important, loyalty meant much more. ... Under Jacksons rule, the creation of the two party systems was under way. ... The wigs supported Henry Clay's American System and internal improvements. This two party system opened people's eyes to true democracy, the power of the people. ...
The Age of Jackson, written by Arthur M. Schlesinger, focuses on the long lasting effects of Andrew Jackson on democracy and American politics. The novel starts off with Jackson's life story, a lower-class boy from the west, raised by a single mother. After finding financial success on his own, he b...
Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Both serve as compact symbols representing the ideology of their own generations. Jefferson exemplifies the aristocrat, the democratic politician, writer extraordinaire, and the pacifist. Jackson epit...
