Solved Paper 2015
[B]Dear All,[/B]
I am really very sorry for not being there on CssForum all the time because of my hectic schedule these day. I cannot actively participate on forum but I keep on visiting the forum quite often. Here I am trying to solve the US History Paper this year, Any comments, suggestions and corrections are more then welcome. [B]Regards,[/B] |
[B][I][CENTER][SIZE="5"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Q.7. In what respect did the philosophy and rationale of Jackosnian democracy differ from those of Jeffersonian?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I][/B]
[B][CENTER][SIZE="3"]Comparison of Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy[/SIZE][/CENTER][/B] [B][I][SIZE="3"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]1. Political[/COLOR][/SIZE][/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]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. Religion[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B] [B]Separation of church in each period? [/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 |
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