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Chapter 7 – The Early Republic:
In what ways was the United States becoming more democratic between 1790 and 1820? What peoples remained unequal in this period?
The United States became democratic in various ways between 1790 and 1820. For example, some white men including Samuel Morton and Charles Caldwell toughened Jefferson’s disbelief with a biological cause that comprised the whites and the blacks. The latter not only had isolated creations but being diverse species, the position progressively articulated all over the antebellum era. As a result, some Americans contributed wholesale to the theories although most of them shared views in white supremacy (Locke, and Wright 1). The white Americans were made to recognize that in case the black population was undeniably whitening, then it did not ensue from the environment but interracial sex.
Lay claim to equality and freedom was promised through revolution and was not completely realized. In 1829 a black abolitionist called David Walker in Boston wrote an appeal asking for resistance to acts of racism and slavery. Ideally, Walker referred to Haiti as the terror of tyrants and glory of blacks. He indicated that the Haitians were bound to comfort and protect them. Haiti confirmed that people of color could achieve a lot just like the whites when offered the same opportunities (Locke, and Wright 1). The black people remained unequal during the period.

For example, the majority of the white publications ridiculed the African Americans as buffoons and even mocked the calls for equal rights and abolition.
Chapter 8 – The Market Revolution:
How were education and childhood different for upper and middle-class children compared to lower class children?
The childhood and education were different in the middle and upper-class children compared to their lower-class counterparts in various ways. For example, the education attained by children from the middle class offered the basis for the economic privilege in the future. The artisans were deprived of their trade control; the young men had more incentive to invest their time in education and later seek the skilled positions in life. The middle and the upper-class children had access to formal schooling unlike their lower class counterparts (Locke, and Wright 1). The middle-class teenagers sought opportunities for respectable employment based on their formal education whereas the lower class youths remained within the marginalized positions.
There was notable variation between middle and upper-class childhood from that of the lower class children. For example, some strains transformed the cities in America and necessitated new family arrangements. The strain resulted from slavery growth, accelerated immigration, child labor, and class conflict. A new labor system emerged that was eminent in the entire United States as free labor in favor of the upper and middle class at the expense of the lower class (Locke, and Wright 1). It is because free labor was simultaneously howled with the developing powerless class of laborers.
Chapter 9 – Democracy in America:
What transpired in the 1824 election? Why did Andrew Jackson and his supporters consider John Quincy Adam’s victory the result of a “corrupt bargain”?
In 1824, four nominees competed for the presidency in among the closest elections ever experienced in the American history. The nominees emerged from various parts of the country and comprised Henry Clay, William Crawford, Andrew Jackson, and Quincy Adams from Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Massachusetts respectively (Locke, and Wright 1). Jackson won the most popular votes when compared to the rest. However, the election was taken to the House of Representatives because there was no majority winner within the Electoral College.
Adams utilized his political influence to claim the presidency and even persuaded Clay for his support. Jackson and the supporters considered Adam’s victory as the result of the corrupt bargain. It is for this reason that Andrew Jackson will never forgive Quincy Adams since the supporters accused him of manipulating a corrupt bargain in the company of Clay to outwit the popular will (Locke, and Wright 1). Jackson and Adams four years later squared off in among the dirtiest presidential election up to date.

Work Cited
Locke, Joseph, and Ben Wright. The American Yawp: A Massively Collaborative Open U.S History Textbook. 2018, http://americanyawp.com/. Accessed 23 Oct 2018.