Also in many ways, this time period put them on a pedestal in that they were not expected to participate in dirty work like politics or business but they were to remain home, clean and unruined. Still they were not considered equal to the white man, as "women's work" did not require the sweat of men's work.
The Blacks of this time were not treated much better although black males suffered discrimination when it came to competing for work and housing simply because they did not have the rights of the majority. Instead, even the freed men suffered the stigma of slavery. The white majority was concerned that without "slavery" their jobs would be at risk of being lost to the Black men. It was fear that motivated the whites to act as they did. Still this divide defined segregation, as we know it today because the Blacks were expected to take on work that the whites did not want and these were referred to as "nigger" jobs. The Blacks were also excluded from predominately white type jobs and this in fact enforced that the Blacks would remain separate by establishing their own communities and later colleges.
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This paper explored what democracy meant for white men, women, Blacks and Indians during this time. This paper examined the ways in which Jacksonian Democracy promoted equality and opportunity for White men and how the free market played a great role in this. This paper explored how Jacksonian Democracy resulted in oppression for women, Black and Indians. This paper attempted to consider how Jacksonian Democracy could be seen as democracy at all for these specific groups.
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