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WHY WAS ANDREW JACKSON SUCH A PERSONALLY POWERFUL EMBODIMENT OF THE NEW MASS DEMOCRACY IN THE 1820'S AND 1830'S? WOULD MASS DEMOCRACY HAVE DEVELOPED WITHOUT A POPULAR HERO LIKE JACKSON?

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As you explore this major topic, please allow some of my ideas to supplement you:

First, when looking at Jackson's role as democratic hero, please note his attempts to fight industrialization and centralization and how it fostered these ideals. Please note how he gave people more rights; he particularly offered power to the working masses. Many scholars and historians also regard him as an "enlightened leader, intimately ...

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