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When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Describe the new democratic system of politics and give the reasons for its emergence in the 1820s, distinguishing between the policies and supporters of the Democrats and Whigs.

  • Explain the relationship between equality and opportunity, and the importance of these values in the new democratic political system.

  • Explain the status of Indians and blacks in the Jacksonian period, and the relationship of racism to democratic politics.

  • Explain the nullification crisis and the development of the nationalist and state sovereignty interpretations of the Constitution.

  • Explain the significance of the banking issue and its impact on the development of the Jacksonian party system.







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