Political Thought of Andrew Jackson: Jacksonian Democracy In the decades surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson democracy began to expand. States rewrote constitutions and extended the franchise to all free white males. European visitors such as Alexis de Tocqueville noticed the spirit of equality that pervaded the United States, unlike anything known in the Old World. (Not all Europeans, nor Americans, for that matter, were sure that was a good idea terms like "mobocracy" and "anarchy" were thrown around from time to time.) By the late 1830s, the United States had become a full democra...

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Many Americans fear that by the sudden disregard for past policies and the lack of concern for international politics will create a rift between the United States and some foreign nations. ... Intelligence is powerful enough to detect all explosions, yet the United States uses many different devices to detect explosions. ...

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