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    system‚ including the financial panic of 1819‚ slavery debates‚ and the selection of presidential candidates. The Second Party System was a name for the political party systems in the United Sates during the 1800s and was the intense competition from Whigs and Democrats. The financial panic of 1819 made people question banking and tariffs. Some believed the printing of excess money was the cause of the panic and demanded hard money. Slavery debates were always there between the north and the south. Many

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    popular sovereignty was extremely complicated and it tore a lot of regional political groups apart. Slavery was a very controversial issue in the 1840’s‚ 50’s and early 60’s and it heavily impacted many political groups such as the Free Soil Party‚ Whig Party‚ and Republican Party.

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    Pitt‚ his attorney and George IV the Plaintiff‚ under the guise of the Whig party to make sure they will gain power if he

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    The Democratic and Republican Parties can trace their roots back to the 1800s‚ but some of the most interesting stories in American political history spring from parties which enjoyed flashes of glory before fading away for good. The extinct political parties of the 1800s include organizations which were successful enough to put candidates in the White House. And there were also others that were just doomed to inevitable obscurity. Here is a listing of some significant political parties who

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    making deposits‚ instead stowing his money in his "pet banks." Jackson destroyed the Bank in 1832. Whig Party The Whig party was a party that formed for those who opposed Jackson’s views. It was created in the 1830s and the 1840s. When Jackson was elected‚ Clay and Calhoun formed a party for those who opposed Democratic views. The first Whig to become president was Harrison in the 1840 election. Whigs thought that Jackson’s views were selfish. Democratic-Republicans Once shortened to "Republicans"

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    (This is an 8th grade essay.) John Tyler was born in Virginia in 1790. His father was an American Revolution patriot who served three terms as governor of Virginia. He grew up believing that the constitution must be strictly construed. He never wavered from this conviction. He went to college to study law. When he completed college he entered politics and was devoted to Thomas Jefferson’s principles of states’ rights and strictly limited power for the federal government. At the age of 21

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    American Politics; the Second Party System. This is a period in time where the Whigs and Democrats emerged as the major political parties. The Whig Party was created by those who were against Presidents Jackson’s policies and who opposed the Democratic Party‚ while the Democratic-Republicans converted to Democrats. Although both parties aided in democratization‚ the parties ran on very different platforms (Norton‚ 2015). The Whig Party was similar to the Federalist Party in terms of favoring a powerful

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    Federalists‚ the Whigs were more popular in urban cities and market towns‚ especially the wealthy. The party was mostly Northerners. As Democrats gradually began to adapt many Whig policies‚ such as industrialization and railroads‚ the Whig support began to lower as the Democrats gained more

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    S. House of Representatives in 1812‚ and later‚ in 1827‚ won a seat in the U.S. Senate. A leader of the Whig Party—a group that opposed President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats—Webster ran for the U.S. presidency in 1836. Four years later‚ in 1840‚ he was named secretary of state by President William Henry Harrison. When Harrison died in 1841 and John Tyler took over the presidecy‚ every Whig Party member of the presidential cabinet but Webster resigned from their post. In 1842‚ Webster successfully

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    Ted Pineau United States History to 1877 SS2500 OA Spring 2014 April 13‚ 2014 Republican Party Platform of 1856 The Republican Party founded in 1856 was an important political platform in American history. This party emerged from the collapse of the Whig party‚ taking dome of its economic development policies.1 It merged diverse factions into a new political movement that would dominate American politics for the next seventy-six years‚ winning fourteen of the next nineteen Presidential elections.

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