Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds constantly unite. Not only do they have commercial and industrial associations in which all take part, but they also have a thousand other kinds: religious, moral, grave, futile, very general and very particular, immense and very small; Americans use associations to give fêtes, to found seminaries, to build inns, to raise churches, to distribute books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner they create hospitals, prisons, schools. - Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Use this quote from Alexis de Tocqueville’s book Democracy in America to answer the following question:
What changes are happening in the US under President Andrew Jackson that support the quote?
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A growing divide between the rich and the poor
A growing divide between the rich and the poor
A growing sense that the government was taking over
A growing sense that the government was taking over
A growing sense of democracy and equality
A growing sense of democracy and equality
A growing sense of increased rights for women
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A growing sense of democracy and equality
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