The display of well thought-out Northern resistance to the Missouri compromise, made white males in the South became aware of the importance of politics and it power to protect their way of life. ... Universal white male suffrage ensured all whites in the country had the power to control their individual liberty. ... Prior to Jackson administration, political elections and presidential nominations were held privately by Congress. However, with the advent of Jacksonian Democrats, political elections and presidential nominations began to be held with all the pomp and circumstance of the time...

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Members of the presidential Electoral College were finally chosen in this manner as well; this meant that the common man, who had the power to indirectly elect the president, had far more power than he had previously possessed. ... Thus, presidential campaigns in 1828 were drastically adjusted to appeal to the common man. ... As a result, the presidential election became as much a popularity contest as anything else. ... Many of the Jacksonian ideals are very closely related to those of the Jeffersonians back when Thomas Jefferson was in power. ... Furthermore, many people that had previou...

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Schlesinger found the essence of American politics was "in an enduring contest between the business class, conservative, and those who have sought to restrain its power, liberal. ... The Jacksonians react to the threat that the rich and powerful stand to inherit all the wealth and power, so the Jacksonians represent the "humble" and "honest" laborers who, Schlesinger suggests, stand to lose their political equality. ... From this particular excerpt Edward Pessen seems crude; however Pessen too makes an equally valid point on Jacksonian presidential era. ...

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Madison's fear of the omnipotent, oppressive government was later shared by Andrew Jackson, who began to advocate for a movement of the American political society toward a more pure democratic process of elections after the 1824 presidential election. ... Jackson offered limited government to the right wing and more direct power for the people to the left wing. ... During this process the Cherokee nation sued the state of Georgia and actually told the Cherokee nation that they are not a foreign power; thus, they have no right to sue the state of Georgia. ...

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