The Jacksonian Era saw an expansion of voting rights to include more white male citizens. This increased the power of the common man. Views of women and African Americans were that they were inferior. Women were expected to focus on domestic duties while politics were for men. Many whites believed African Americans were incapable of reasoning or education. Caricatures reinforced racial stereotypes. Sectionalism between the North and South increased over issues like the national bank and tariffs. The North industrialized while the South's economy was based on cotton and slavery spread with the cultivation of cotton.