Which group would have been MOST likely to support Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party in the 1830s?
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Correct answer: Western farmers and urban laborers
The Democrats appealed to the 'common man' who felt marginalized by the Market Revolution and the 'money power' of the East. Their base consisted primarily of small farmers, frontier settlers, and the burgeoning working class in cities.
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