Why is the 1830s considered the age of democracy?

In a
limited sense, the United States had become steadily more democratic throughout the early
nineteenth century. American citizens turned out to vote in very large numbers, took an avid
interest in political affairs, and participated in quasi-political events like parades, riots,
and public commemorations. But in many states, voting was limited to people who owned property,
and with the advancing Market Revolution, property ownership, and therefore enfranchisement,
were tenuous.

In the 1830s, the electorate began to expand. Several states
held constitutional conventions that dropped most property qualifications for voting and took
measures to create equal representation in state legislatures. By the 1840s, almost all white
men could vote in most states.

With this change in the electorate came a
democratization of American political culture. Politicians had to appeal to ordinary American
males, and so they presented themselves in that light. Andrew Jackson, who was styled as
"Old...

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