Jacksonian Democracy
After the American Revolution, America started to gain and develop the concept of democracy. ... The development of democracy between 1820 and 1840 was greatly influenced by Jacksonian economic policies and the Second Great Awakening. The Jacksonian economic policies showed to have influenced the development of democracy. Andrew Jackson, the man of the common people, had tried to base his economic policies towards the people, which led to the development of stronger democracy. ... After the Bank of the United States was destroyed, the American banking system had developed a sense of Jacksonian democracy. ... The motives of Jacksonian economic policies had made way for the development of democracy. The Second Great Awakening had influenced the development of democracy. ... Although prohibition of alcohol was quickly repealed, the attempt to prohibit it in the first place was a step towards democracy in the sense that people were given the chance to try to develop their own reforms.