- At this time, the economy and population were expanding, as was overseas trade, railroads, industry and canals-building. - Most white males received the right to vote without property requirements. - Jacksonisn ‘democracy’ did not apply to blacks, women or Native Americans, however, although the abolitionist and women’s rights movements got their start in this era.
II. Jackson the Man
- Jackson was a child during the American Revolution, born into the class of ‘poor whites’ in South Carolina. They suffered greatly during the war. - He became a wealthy planter and slaveholder on the frontier, in a ...