2. Focusing upon the major policy actions and political fights of...

2. Focusing upon the major policy actions and political fights of their respective administrations, compare and contrast the ideological similarities or differences of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Can Jackson's policies be understood through a republican ideological framework? Why or why not?

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To address question #2 the texts and lectures 8-11 are critical. You must understand the historic relationship of the Republican party (Jefferson -Madison) to the emergent Democratic, National Republican and Whig parties of the 1820's-30s); you must also have a grasp of "republican" ideology, Jefferson's conception of same, and the way Jeffersonian Republicans and Jackson Democrats viewed matters such as: constitutional interpretation; the appropriate relationship between Fed/St governments; the idea of "democracy"; the appropriate relationship of the Fed gov. to economic development; western expansion; disposition of the state vis Native Americans and so forth. The policies each man pursued during their two-term presidencies are critical examples of these ideological convictions. You will want to consider the similarities / differences of the Jefferson and Jackson administrations by considering how each approached these questions with the ultimate objective of determining whether Jackson was, indeed, a Jeffersonian as he insisted...