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The narrative links his military reputation, populist appeal, and aggressive use of executive power to the Jacksonian revolution, including expansion of white manhood suffrage and efforts to strengthen majority rule. It also raises moral dilemmas about protecting some groups while enslaving others, framing Jacksonian democracy alongside violence and racial exclusions.","# Andrew Jackson:Flamboyant Hero of the Common Man\n\nJOHN F.MARS Z ALEK  \nThe age of Jackson was a turbulent era—a period of boom and bust,of great populationshifts into the cities and out to the frontier,of institutionalized violence and racial antag-onisms,of utopian communities,reform movements,the abolitionist crusade,and the“great southen reaction”in defense of slavery.It was also a time of graft and corruption,of machine politics and ruthless political bosses.But above all,it was an age of the self-made man,a time when privilege and elitist nule gave way to the vestiges of populardemocracy—at least for white males.Between the 1820s and the 1840s,America wit-nessed the rise of universal manhood suffrage for whites,long ballots,national nominat-ing conventions,and grassroots political parties.  \nThe man who gave the age its name was a self-made planter and slaveholder of con-siderable wealth.Like most aristocrats from the Tennessee country of his day,AndrewJackson could not spell,he lacked education and culture,but he did aspire to wealth andmilitary glory,both of which he won.Despite his harsh,gaunt features,he looked like agentleman and a soldier,and in calm moods he could be gentle,even grave.  \nJohn F.Marszalek's lively essay captures the passion of a man who was more popularthan any political figure since George Washington.Like Washington,Jackson establishedhis early reputation in his military exploits against the British.Unlike the aloof Wash-ington,Jackson was an emotional man who fought duels over his wife's honor and chal-lenged corruption,real and perceived,in the political arena.His enemies—the British,Spanish,and the Indians—were the foes of the \"common man\"of his day,and JacksonSuccessfully battled them all during his military career.Marszalek vividly describes Jack-son's rough-and-tumble background,so different from that of the previous presidents andone that most Americans borm without inherited privileges found vastly appealing  \nJackson's personality and rags-to-riches cimb to the White House inspired a popularmovement often called the Jacksonian revolution.This revolution moved America towarda more democratic system in which the govemment was responsive to the popular willJackson himself played a major role in the shift toward democracy—that is,toward asystem of true majority rule,not just rule by a propertied elite.He set out to make thepresident and every other federal official answerable to the people.Thus,he favored abol-ishing the electoral college and rotating every elected office.He even challenged the role ofthe Supreme Court as the final arbiter in interpreting the Constitution,a subject coveredin selection 14.Jackson also inaugurated the history of powerful executive leadership inthis country.He used his veto power more than all his predecessors combined and as-serted the right of the chief executive to initiate legislation,which altered the president'srelationship with Congress and made the president the head of state.  \nMarszalek's portrait of Jackson presents the modem reader with puzzling dilemmasWe wonder how Jackson could be fiercely protective of white women yet massacrewomen of color and hold them as slaves.Could a slaveowner really be a man of thepeople?As you ponder this question,reflect on Douglas L.Wilson's waning aboutpresentism in selection 8.Jackson himself would have answered this question with a re-sounding“yes”on two counts.First,the Jacksonian revolution ushered in universalwhite manhood suffrage in most states and created a true mass electorate.Second,\"thepeople\"in Jackson's day was a political concept that incuded all those who could vote.That meant white men almost exclusively.Women,slaves,and free blacks outsideNew England were all denied the electoral franchise and were excluded from the idea of\"the people.\"They had no will to which Jackson or any other govemment official couldbe responsive.  \nGL O SSA R Y  \n295彩  \nADAMS,JOHN QUINCY As President JamesMonroe's secretary of ","cbCaibz5rwft7LAY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibz5rwft7LAY","pdf",937794,1,16,"English","en",105,"# Andrew Jackson: Flamboyant Hero of the Common Man\n## The Age of Jackson and Political Upheaval\n## Jackson’s Background and Public Appeal\n## Jacksonian Democracy and Majority Rule\n## Dilemmas and the Idea of “the People”\n## Glossary","[{\"question\":\"How did Jackson help shape the shift toward democracy in the 1820s and 1840s?\",\"answer\":\"Jacksonian political change moved the country toward majority responsiveness, emphasizing a broader mass electorate of white men and pressuring institutions to serve the public will.\"},{\"question\":\"What were Jackson’s major actions that strengthened presidential power?\",\"answer\":\"He used the veto more than predecessors and asserted the chief executive’s right 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