Question

Historians often describe the time period from 1820 to 1850 as the era of Jacksonian Democracy, characterized by the rise of universal white male suffrage and a celebration of the “common man.”

In what ways and to what extent did this democratic impulse impact American reform movements in the first half of the Nineteenth Century?

Using the documents and your knowledge of the time period 1820-1850, answer the question with reference to THREE of the following:
- Women’s rights
- Moral reforms
- Education
- Religion

Answer 1

Jacksonian Democracy greatly impacted reform movements in the first half of the Nineteenth Century because it spread the idea that all men were created equal, and as such should be allowed the same privileges.