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news and politics war and conflictsHow did Jacksonian democracy change American politics?
Just so, how did Andrew Jackson make the American political system more democratic?
Andrew Jackson developed the spoils system. This was a practice of giving government jobs to a person's political supporters. Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his supporters, which were often common people. This helped break the hold the upper class had on government jobs.
what did the Jacksonian democracy do?
Jacksonian democracy. A movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation. (Compare Jeffersonian democracy.)
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He served two terms in office from 1829 to 1837. During Jackson's presidency, the United States evolved from a republic—in which only landowners could vote—to a mass democracy, in which white men of all socioeconomic classes were enfranchised.