The New Democracy
When Jackson took office many things changed. The Spoils system was put into affect. The everyday man now had a bigger voice, and for once in a long time the people; not the electoral collage or corrupt senators and congressmen ran the nation.
When the Federalists had dominated, democracy was not respected, but by the 1820s, it was widely appealing. Politicians now had to bend to appease and appeal to the masses, and the popular ones were the ones who claimed to be born in log cabins and had humble backgrounds. Those who were too clean, too well dressed, too grammatical, or too highly intellectual were not liked by the public.
Jacksonian Democracy said that whatever governing that was to be done should be done directly to the people. It was called the New Democracy, and it was a great idea based on universal manhood suffrage. While older federalist senators taunted and ridiculed the younger and humbler senators when the messed up these new democrats argued......
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