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  1. In US history, the populist, egalitarian
  2. spirit pervading the presidencies of Andrew
  3. Jackson and Martin Van Buren 1829-1841, which
  4. encouraged greater participation in the
  5. democratic process. Recent studies have
  6. questioned the professed commitment to
  7. popular control, emphasizing Jackson's
  8. alleged cult of personality.
  9.