US History › Section E · Industry and Jacksonian democracy › Topic E.4
From John Quincy Adams to Jackson: mass democracy
In the 1820s American politics changed from a contest among gentlemen into a mass competition for votes. More white men could vote, parties learned to organise them, and Andrew Jackson rode the new style to the presidency, while women, free Black men and Native peoples were pushed further outside.
In this topic
- The politics of deference
- Widening the vote for white men
- Who was shut out
- Worked example: one constitution, two directions
- Parties and machines
- The election of 1824
- Worked example: why Adams became president
- Adams's troubled presidency
- The campaign of 1828
- Jackson in office
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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