Question

Jacksonian democracy had its roots in the: administration of a "wise and frugal government" Jeffersonian belief in the worth of the individual support by the rich and "well-born" the policies of William Henry Harrison

Answer 1

The second option, Jeffersonian belief in the worth of the individual.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

Jeffersonian belief in the worth of the individual.

The Democratic Party developed from the Democratic-Republican Party and under the political heritage of Thomas Jefferson.

Andrew Jackson's presidency has been described as the Era of the Common Man. Jackson and Jefferson both thought the central government was the enemy of individual liberty and intended to recover the independence of the individual: the artisan and the ordinary farmer.