JACKSONIAN DEMO-KRAZY YALL

By the 1820s, which does not include Jackson's spark of democracy (1824-1830) yet, aristocracy was becoming a taint, and democracy was becoming more and more respectable. Most high political offices continued to be filled by "leading citizens", and wealthy and militarily prominent men such as Davy Crockett and especially Andrew Jackson had to forsake all social pretensions and cultivate the common touch if they hoped to win elections. Politically, it seems as though elections and leaders would matter most, but realistically, Jacksonian democracy added that whatever governing was to be done should be done directly by the people of the United States. This national political stage, the sturdy American who donned plain trousers rather than silver-buckled knee breeches, who sported a plain haircut and a coonskin cap rather than a powdered wig, and who wore no man's collar, often not even one of his own. Jackson claimed that in political standards, America was now bowing to divine rights of the people.

The nourishment of the New Democracy was simply the logical outgrowth of the egalitarian ideas that had taken root in colonial days and been lavishly fertilized during the Revolutionary era. Additionally, the steady growth of the market economy led to increasing numbers of people to understand how banks, tariffs, and internal improvements affected the quality of their lives. For example, the panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 sparked New Democracy's bases. As a resolution to these tragedies in America, and moreover towards economic downturns to be blamed on the low class's corruption. The desire to heal America of low class irregularities and speculation, specifically towards the bank, restored republican ideals of Jefferson's day invigorated the interest of many Americans in politics- and followers of Andrew Jackson.

Political and economic reform played an important role for Jacksonian democracy because the people took matters into their own hands, which meant that many of the actions that formulate a true democratic government are by and for the people. For example, patriots of America sought control of the government in order to tear the banks from its protective embrace, to substitute hard money for bank notes, and even to abolish the banks altogether. Opposed to these patriots are those who favored the current banking system, and more generally the federal government that had a legitimate role to play in promoting America's economic growth.