1. Second Party System:
Democratic & Whig
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2. Around 1816 to 1824
The dominance of one party only, the Democratic-Republican
party
Era of Good Feelings

3. Democratic-Republican broke into:
- The Democrats, in West and South America
- The Whigs, in Northeast America
Starting after the Andrew Jackson’s election in 1828
New Era of American Politics

4. A fierce partisan campaign waged between the new
Democratic and Whig Party
Modern framework of political competition that reached
ordinary voters as never before and has been brought
tirelessly by the parties directly to the people
The Second Party System

5. The first westerner who elected as a president
Jacksonian movement has created the new Democratic party
and had a long-term significance in American politics
Andrew Jackson

6. Created by Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren
Chief qualities :
1. Democrats was the party of ordinary farmers and workers
2. Opposed the special privileges of economic elites
3. Offer affordable western land to ordinary white Americans and Indians
needed to be forced further westward
In favor of states’ rights and did no involvement in social and economic
affairs at that time
The New Democratic Party

7. Founded active from 1833 and led by Henry Clay, Daniel Webste, and
William Seward
Composed of elites, wealthy lawyers, and bussinessman
Believed that the best way to sustained prosperity by having a government
to be active to support the economic improvement
Attempted to help the economy and social productivity through the
internal improvement by improving public institutions
Whig Party

8. The disagreement of both parties was about the Industrial Revolution
The Whigs :
- Focused on middle-class and less concerned about the grand scale economics.
- Defended the broad benefits of economic development
- Believed that government should actively promote economic and social goals
The Democrats :
- Take side of the lower-class
- Stressed the new forms of dependence that economic development has created
- Opposed government actions in general
Different Main Agenda

9. Second Party System which became a political competition of
both parties has been lasted until 1850s
The issue of slavery led to the end of the second party system
and the emergence of the third party system in United States
The End

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