1. An Essay On Becoming America
From another angle, however, Jacksonianism appears as a political impulse tied to slavery, the subjugation of Native Americans, and the celebration of white supremacy "so much so that some scholars have dismissed the phrase "Jacksonian Democracy" as a contradiction in terms. ... In the West, the seizure of lands from Native Americans and mixed-blood Hispanics opened up fresh areas for white settlement and cultivation "and for speculation. ... Southerners sought low tariffs, greater respect for states' rights, and a return to strict constructionism. ...