The American History Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5, The New Democracy. Welcome to the American History Podcast. Hosted by Sean Worswick.

All right. Welcome back. This is the last of our so-called crash course episodes, introducing

you to many of the major issues of the antebellum period. Now, there are certainly other issues

that we could have added to the crash course, but if they're important to the story, then they'll

probably have a separate episode during

the main part of the season.

And by that, I'm referring to slavery.

I know someone is going to point out that we haven't talked about slavery yet, but that

has an episode of its own down the road.

So if you're waiting for that issue, never fear.

We're going to touch on it.

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Okay, so let's get back to the podcast.

By the 1820s, American politicians increasingly made an effort to appeal to the so-called voting masses.

Now, remember before this, for the most part, high offices were held by wealthy citizens.

But there is a change between the Jeffersonian ideal of democracy and the vision of Andrew Jackson and his followers, the Jacksonians.

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