What was Thomas Jefferson's ideology during his time?

Question

Just wondering..

I'm trying to figure out the difference between Andrew Jackson's ideology and Thomas Jeffersons. Also, how the public reacted to each

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican, like most of the early presidents. They later became known as only the Democrats after the Republican party was formed in 1860. The Constitution originally addressed the rights of white male landowners, so Jefferson did not believe in equality for ALL. He was a Deist, which means he believed in God, but did not follow any organized religion.

More than anything, Jefferson was interested in science and discovery. That's why he sent out the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase. He was not even sure just how much land was involved, so they were sent to map it, meet the Native Americans who lived there and show that we were peaceful (if they had only known. . . ) and to discover the types of plant and animal life there.

Jackson was a whole other ballgame. He gained popularity as a soldier, not as a statesman, and was not in the least interested in befriending the Native Americans. In fact, he is the one who ordered the Trail of Tears, which was the wholescale removal of the Cherokee and other nations from their homes to Oklahoma so the whites could take over. He didn't care that the Native Americans' land was very lush compared to Oklahoma, and that he was essentially deporting them from the only home they'd ever known. If he lived today, we'd call him a redneck.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson believed that the federal government should be limited in it's role, he was an advocate of a stronger state government. He advocated that the new nation should be agrarian...that is deriving it's wealth from farming ect. He moderated on that view after the US purchased the "right to purchase" from France ...read that the Louisiana land purchase..We only bought the right to buy from France.


Jefferson was a deist, very broadly this meant that there was a creative force that set things into motion in the universe, and let them go, the creator would not interfere in the running of the creation.

hope it helps

Answer 3

Jefferson wanted to expand the our country, and unite us under a common bond, or in his case under a political concept....called freedom! He wanted his vision to stretch to all parts of his new country, from "sea to shining sea". He bought the Louisiana purchase from Napoleon for 15 million dollars(TWICE the total federal budget), and sent Lewis and Clark and the rest of the Corps of Discovery to open the road to the west, and make peace with the Indians. He wanted the United States to have a an open mind, to be curious, and to trade ideas. So no matter where you go in this great land that no matter our differences that our common bond of Freedom still bind us together, to ensure the nation a long and happy life.

now "Old Hickory".......founder of the modern democratic party.....go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson

Answer 4

TJ was a child of the enlightenment...and belived in the ability of humans to improve themselves and their civilizations. He was educated, curious, creative and supportive of the efforts of others to better themselves. Read the poetry of The Declaration of Independence, his genius is there in the beauty of the language and the enduring sentiment. "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."

3 minutes later: you want AJ, too?!?!?! What, didn't you read your history assignments? Jackson was a difficult person...not as brilliant or as educated as Jefferson, but a soldier and an explorer as well as a brilliant politician. He had a few strikes against him (a marriage to a previously divorced woman...shocking in those days) but he was in tune with the manifest destiny of America and the populist bent to our political scene.