Populist politics (jan 1, 1820 – jan 1, 1860)

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As the pro-elite Federalists were no longer a strong enough force to oppose their pro-farmer Dem-Rep opponents, property requirements for voting were nixxed in the US (though only men could vote and requirements for Black Americans were much more stringent.) This, combined with Dem-Rep rhetoric ushered in a period of faith in the US's republican government that argued that anyone [who was a White man] could go from rags to rulers, and political rhetoric began to center the interests of common people.

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