Jackson Administrations - Changes in the U.S. Government
Changes in the U.S. Government
Jacksonian Democracy
By the 1820s and 1830s the swelling population of the U.S. frontier helped transform U.S. government into something that more closely resembled true democracy. One by one, states began to eliminate property requirements for suffrage, extending the right to vote to all adult white males. While this still eliminated a good portion of the population, namely women and African Americans, it nevertheless transformed the federal government into one that more closely resembled the will of the masses. Candidates were more directly chosen by the will of the people, rather than by a caucus of political bosses.
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