1. Lesson 19: The Evolution of Democracy from Jefferson to Jackson

2. To what extent was universal white manhood suffrage achieved?
Jefferson
Property Requirements still in place; Jefferson said a man of initiative should be able to meet the requirements
Jackson
No property requirements

3. Which citizens were considered eligible for officeholding?
Jefferson
Only the educated elite should rule but propose education for all to prepare poorer individuals to hold public office
Jackson
All men are qualified. Political positions should be rotated and parties should use the spoils system

4. How were candidates for President chosen?
Jefferson
Chosen by caucuses of political leaders
Jackson
Nominating conventions

5. In what way did Jackson expand the concept of the “chosen class?”
Jefferson
Yeoman Farmer was the chosen class
Jackson
Add Planters, Laborers, and Mechanics to chosen class of yeoman farmers

6. How did each man view industrialization?
Jefferson
Feared industrialization and was against the protective tariff
Jackson
Favored protective tariff and accepted industry as essential to the American economy

7. How did the Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge decision affect the access to corporate charters prevalent in Jefferson’s time?
Jefferson
Corporate charters were only available to favorites of state legislators and implied monopoly control.
Jackson
Court ruled that corporate charters should be available to all who chose to risk starting a business.

8. What was each man’s attitude toward the Bank of the United States?
Jefferson
Was against the BUS because he was a strict constructionist
Jackson
Was against the BUS because it was a monopoly of the rich easterners;

9. What was each man’s attitude toward slavery?
Jefferson
Owned slaves but claimed that slavery was an evil that time would bring to an end
Jackson
Owned slaves, but had little or no interest in abolition; saw the abolition movement as a sectional issue that threatened the Union;

10. Neither was equal and there was a particular hatred toward Indians;
What was each man’s attitude toward equality for women and Native Americans?
Jefferson
Neither was equal and there was little mention of equality for either group
Jackson
Neither was equal and there was a particular hatred toward Indians;

11. How did each man view education?
Jefferson
Education was necessary in order to be a good citizen.
Jackson
Education was relatively unimportant

12. How did each hope to remove obstacles to upward social mobility?
Jefferson
Education and ambition is the key, and he founded the University of Virginia, but there was no national support for a system of public education;
Jackson
He killed the BUS and made it easier for common people to get credit; opened opportunities for progress by using the spoils system and said that social mobility should be achieved through economic progress.

13. Few established churches existed Jackson
To what extent was separation of church and state accomplished in each period?
Jefferson
Few established churches existed
Jackson
All established churches were ended when Massachusetts ended the practice in 1834