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[B][I][CENTER][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][SIZE="5"]Comparison of jeffersonian and jacksonian democracy[/SIZE][/COLOR][/CENTER][/I][/B]

[B][I][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][SIZE="3"]1. Political[/SIZE][/COLOR][/I][/B]

[B]To what extent was universal white manhood suffrage achieved?[/B]

[B]Jefferson[/B] - Believed property requirement was a test of character that man of initiative should be able to meet
[B]Jackson[/B] - Property requirements for voting had been eliminated

[B]Which citizens were considered eligible for office holding?[/B]

[B]Jefferson[/B] - Believed the educated elite should rule, although he proposed education for all to prepare poorer individuals for public office
[B]Jackson[/B] - Believed all men were qualified to hold office and that political positions should be rotated

[B]How were candidates for president chosen?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Candidates were chosen by caucuses of political leaders
[B]Jackson[/B] - Nominating conventions were introduced during Jackson’s time

[B][I][SIZE="3"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]2. Economic[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B]

[B]Jackson concepts of the “chosen class”?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Yeoman farmer as the “chosen class”
[B]Jackson[/B] - included planters, farmers, laborers, and mechanics in “chosen class”

[B]Industrialization?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Originally feared the consequences of industrialization
[B]Jackson[/B] - Accepted industry as essential to American economy

[B]How did the Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge decision affect the access to corporate charters prevalent in Jefferson’s time?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - In J’s time corporate charters were granted to favorites of state legislators & often implied monopoly rights to a business
[B]Jackson[/B] - Roger Taney, Jackson’s appointee as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ruled in Charles River Bridge decision that corporate charters should be available to all who chose to risk starting a business

[B]Attitude toward the Banks?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Both disapproved, originally at least, disagreed with a loose interpretation of the elastic clause
[B]Jackson[/B] - saw Bank as a monopoly of the rich

[B][I][SIZE="3"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]3. Social[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B]

[B]Attitude toward slavery?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Owned slaves, saw slavery as an evil that time would eradicate
[B]Jackson[/B] - Owned slaves, but seemed little interested in abolition

[B]Attitude toward equality for women & American Indians [/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Neither man saw women or American Indians as equals
[B]Jackson[/B] - Had a particularly negative attitude toward Native Americans

[B]Education? [/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - An educated man himself, believed education was necessary for office-holding and for preparing citizens for participation in a democracy
[B]Jackson[/B] - Had little education & believed education was relatively unimportant

[B]Obstacles to Upward Social Mobility?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Education & ambition were keys to success; however, he was never able to build support for his proposed system of public education
[B]Jackson[/B] - Ended the Bank & with it, control over credit, CRB decision opened opportunities for individuals to get corporate charters & thus rise on both economic and social ladders. Jackson, a self-made man, believed his economic progress had accounted for his own upward social mobility & others could follow his example

[B][I][SIZE="3"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]4. Religious[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B]

[B]Separation of Church from Politics?[/B]
[B]Jefferson[/B] - Most state constitutions had eliminated established churches after the Revolution;
[B]Jackson[/B] - Massachusetts, the last state to maintain an established church, ended the practice in 1834