Who Did Not Benefit?
Alexis de Tocqueville toured America after Andrew Jackson’s administration, a period of time your textbook titles “Jacksonian Democracy.” Tocqueville believed American democracy would eventually overthrow monarchies to become the world’s dominate governing system.
In a paper, explain the cultural and social ideas of Jacksonian Democracy. Then consider who it was who did not benefit from Jacksonian Democracy thereby contradicting Tocqueville’s expectation about democracy. For example, how did Jacksonian Democracy influence settlers in the old Southwest, the poor farmers, immigrants, Native Americans, slaves, women, and other groups?