Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian Period.

Andrew Jackson is the most significant political figure in American history, for under Jackson modern American government took shape. In the Jacksonian era, the white middle class took power and has never relinquished it. Because of this, the Jacksonian era has been described as the ?Age of the Common Man?. According to this view, a democratic, egalitarian culture emerged. This cultural emergence had a dramatic and wide ranging impact on American life. The previously disenfranchised …

…himself as the direct representative of all the people and willingly used his authority on their behalf. One of the hallmarks of the Jacksonian era was James K. Polk. Polk was the ideal Jacksonian, embodying every political theory of that age. He too believed his duty was to carry out the will of the ?Common Man?. Therefore, the ?Age of the Common Man? can be seen through the eyes of two men with one vision.