why has the jacksonian era?

Question

traditioally been considered a time of increasing democratization in the U.S. what made this so signifcant

Answer 1

Between 1820 and 1840, most states eliminated property qualification office-holding. To encourage popular participation in politics, states reduced residency requirements for voting, opened polling places in more convenient locations, and eliminated the practice of voting by voice. In addition, direct methods of selecting presidential electors, county officials, state judges, and governors replaced indirect methods. But while white manhood suffrage was becoming a reality, women and most African Americans were denied the right to vote.

Two new national political parties arose. Unlike America’s first parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whigs were parties with grassroots organization and support in all parts of the nation.

Andrew Jackson, the dominant political figure of the era, helped institute the national political nominating convention; defended the spoils system; opened millions of acres of Indian lands to white settlement; and vetoed the recharter of the second Bank of the United States. When South Carolina asserted the right of a state to nullify the federal tariff, Jackson made it clear that he would not tolerate any attempt to resist federal authority.

Answer 2

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