" The Age of Jackson" has often been described as the "Age of Democracy" Was it?

Answer 1

Certainly wouldn't have been called that by Indians, women, or blacks

Answer 2

Well the main argument I can think of that would support the claim would be the expansion of voting rights. Under his presidency, voting was expanded to all white men regardless of class or property requirements. However, he was all for the expansion of the presidency at the cost of the other two branches. As a strict constitutionalist, he was against judicial interpretation of the constitution (he even disobeyed a Supreme Court decision, and thus began the trail of tears...I believe). I believe he also had the largest number of congressional vetoes at the time. He was also in favor of a Laissez fair economy, which can be argued as "freer economy, freer government".

Now there are some points like his spoils system, which he viewed as his right to elect people to political office to prevent an aristocracy and encourage the common man to participate in the political process, however other might say that his system only hurt the government by giving jobs to unqualified workers and encouraging corruption/political favors.