
Mexican-American War
Lectures in History
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'Jackson's Principle of Majoritarian Democracy
Jacksonian democracy was the belief that somehow numbers know best, the minority interests don't matter. His opponents said he's more like king andrew than a democrat. He might say he's doing it in the name of the people, but the way he rules is more like a king. In other words, numbers matter a lot to jackson. And i want to say that i think promoting within his party this kind of view is going to help lead to the mexican american war.
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