From 1800 to 1828, many changes had occurred in the United States, both nationally and in the way of presidential elections. The population of the U.S. doubled its size. Transportation became vital to the national and the industrial economy. So an efficient network of interconnecting roads and canals was developed to transport people, raw materials, and manufactured goods. Steamboats were invented and railroads were built for faster, cheaper transport.
In 1821 the Union adopted universal suffrage. There was now an unrestricted right to vote for white men. All white men, no matter their father, job, or if they owned land or not, had the right to vote. But that was the limit, all white men. African Americans, Native Americans, and women were