Webster's dictionary defines equality as "An instance of being the same in number, rank, or meaning." This definition may be interpreted in many ways. Equality is measured by the times, circumstances, and mind set of the people in the culture in question. The United States has reached many different levels of equality throughout its history. A product of the times, it is always changing. Both Jeffersonian democracy and Jacksonian democracy were based on the beliefs …showed first 75 words of 836 total…

…showed last 75 words of 836 total…the lives and eras of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. They were sharply divided in how they used the office of the presidency. During both the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracies, equality was proclaimed. The definition of equality may have varied according to the times, as it still does today, but both men thought they were doing what was right for their country. And in that sense, these two men were on the exact same wavelength.