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Why is the time period of Andrew Jackson's presidency known as Era of Democracy?
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Jackson was the first of what might be called a new breed of president. Until Jackson's era, all the presidents were founding fathers or in the case of J. Q. Adams, the son of a founding father, and so were all from well-to-do , old established families from Massachusetts or Virginia. Jackson was a self-made man, descended from poor immigrant parents and lived on the Western frontier. As such he was more representative on the average American of his time and his election marked a shift in the political power of the country that led to a more democratic government. Jackson proved that a man could rise from poverty and obscurity to become president.
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