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What you'll learn to do: explain the changing democratic landscape in America and how it relates to the election of 1840<\/h2>\r\n\"A<\/a>\r\n\r\nAmerican culture of the 1830s reflected the rise of democracy. The majority exercised a new type of power that went well beyond politics, leading Alexis de Tocqueville to write about the \u201ctyranny of the majority.\u201d Very quickly, politicians among the Whigs and Democrats learned to master appeals to the many by presenting candidates and policies that catered to the will of the majority. In the 1840 \u201clog cabin campaign,\u201d both sides engaged in the new democratic electioneering. The uninhibited expression and rhetorical appeal\u00a0seen during the campaign inaugurated a new political style.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: explain the changing democratic landscape in America and how it relates to the election of 1840<\/h2>\n

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American culture of the 1830s reflected the rise of democracy. The majority exercised a new type of power that went well beyond politics, leading Alexis de Tocqueville to write about the \u201ctyranny of the majority.\u201d Very quickly, politicians among the Whigs and Democrats learned to master appeals to the many by presenting candidates and policies that catered to the will of the majority. In the 1840 \u201clog cabin campaign,\u201d both sides engaged in the new democratic electioneering. The uninhibited expression and rhetorical appeal\u00a0seen during the campaign inaugurated a new political style.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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