■ Essential Question:–How did American “democracy”

change over time from the Age of Jefferson in 1800 to the Age of Jackson in the 1830s?

■ Reading Quiz Ch 13A (418-434)

Jeffersonian vs. Jacksonian

Democracy Activity

Jefferson vs. Jackson Discussion Questions ■ Party Ideal vs. Presidential Reality?

–In the Jeffersonian era (1800-1824), what was the “Jeffersonian ideal”?

–In the “Age of Jackson” (1824-1840), what was the “Jacksonian ideal”?

–To what extent did each man, Jefferson & Jackson, live up to their own party ideology? Which president was more consistent with his own ideal?

–To what extent were Jefferson & Jackson “representatives of the people”?

Jefferson vs. JacksonDemocratic-Repubs

■ Thomas Jefferson■ States’ rights■ Individual liberties ■ Strict interpretation

of the Constitution■ Support yeoman

farmers & an “agrarian republic”

Democrats■ Jackson

■ States’ rights■ Defend the

Constitution ■ Support democracy

for “common man”■ Economic

opportunity for all