Dr. Murray Lesson on Jacksonian Democracy Work on the following questions in groups of two.

Write down your responses in complete sentences. Part 1 (20 minutes): What do the following four paintings (Slides 2-5) reveal about American society and culture during the 1820s1850s?

Part 2 (20 minutes):

Based on your reading of the Alexis De Tocqueville documents, what did Tocqueville consider to be the advantages and disadvantages of democratic societies, and of American democracy in particular?

Asher B. Durand, Kindred Spirits (1849), oil on canvas, The New York Public Library, NYC

Asher B. Durand, Progress (The Advance of Civilization), 1853, oil on canvas, The Warner Collection (The Gulf States Paper Corporation), Tuscaloosa, AL

George Caleb Bingham, Country Politician (1849), oil on canvas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

George Caleb Bingham, Raftsmen Playing Cards (1846), oil on canvas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA