Political Party Question (US History)?

American History?


"Compare and contrast the First Political Party System of 1792-1817 and the Second Political Party System of 1829-1855. Include the names of parties, political views they represented, names of important people in each party and the similarities and differences not only within each system but between the systems themselves. What factors contributed to the end of each party system?"





I'm having the most trouble on their political views they represented, their similarities and differences, and what factors contributed to the end of each party system.

Political Party Question (US History)?
Strong egos drive politics and strong ego tear apart political parties. In the Beginning of America as a Nation under the Constitution the dominant group were known as Federalist a word derived from Federal Union - - - a collection of states answersing to a Federal / Central government. Sparking arguments was the question of what rights were State rights and what rights were best protected by a Federal / Central Government. The period of 1792 to 1817 represents the growing pains of a new nation and an experiment in government.


The Anti-Federalist were mostly that - - - anti anything the Federalist proposed. Soon this noisy clack cloaked themselves in rhetoric about Republican Values, a vague euphenism for lofty ideas, states rights and minimalistic government. Whenever %26amp; Whatever the Federalist proposed was denounced as an attempt to restore the Monarchy, either open collusion with Great Britain, or an American version perhaps wuth King John Adams handing power to his son which is rather ironic for eventually the son was elected to the Presidency.





Similarities; were in theory both Federalist and Anti--Federalist aka Democratic-Republicans wanted what was best for America. They both wanted to see America become strong and vital. However in the drive to placate egos, Anti-Federalist found an excuse to oppose almost everything that the Federalist proposed. Every time the Federalist proposed raising funds for this project or that the Anti-Federalist would rise in indignation and unleash a flood of nasty scurrilous words via newspapers %26amp; circulars, even going so far as to forge letters and plant fake documents.


The Federalist were 'the old fuddy duddy,' mostly the older generation of Founding Fathers, even if only by five or ten or fifteen years. Alexander Hamilton, The one youngster in the bunch, the one Federalist who may have carried the Federalist Party to success beyond 1817 was cut down on July 12th 1804 by a bullet fired by a leading Republican named Aaron Burr as a result of a duel. The Federalist lacked dynamic leadership and were ultimately crushed by the power that the Democratic-Republicans yieleded.





Sainted by virtue of writing the Declaration of Independence and simply one of those people who is beloved no matter what, Thomas Jefferson was a ruthless Politician as were his two successors, James Madison and James Monroe, together the three held the Presidency from 1801 to 1825. The lifeblood of early political parties was patronage; jobs. Twenty Five years of Democratic-Republican ruled crushed the life out of the Federalist. When Federalist John Adams son John Quincy Adams ran for the Presidency he ran as a Democratic-Republican.





Here I question the dates that you were given ;; ;; though the Federalist were largely exstinct by 1817 the Democractic-Repubicans reigned until 1829 . How the Democratic Republicans became simply the Democratic Party had much to do with James Monroe autocratic temperment. Many Democratic-Republicans found that they could not advance under the current system. There were outcries that the Democrati-Republicans had become corrupt a suspicion suposedly confirmed when Andrew Jackson won the popular vote in 1824 but lost the electoral vote to John Quincy Adams.


Thus the more powerful elements within the Democratic-Republican party repudiated John Quincy Adams and formed a powerful block of Jacksonian Democrats who ousted Adams in 1828 elevating Andrew Jackson to the Presidency. Around that time the party dropped the Reopublican label and were simply called Democrats.


The Whig Party formed around 1832 from elements disgruntled by Andrew Jackson's policies. Much like the Anti Federalist they were Anti-Jackson and they found various issues on which to disgaree with Jackson. Now it was a Democrat arguing for a strong Federal Government including the right of the Federal government to tax all the states for monies needed to improve communication between the states such as canals and roads. Now it was the WHIGS standing up for the right of State Governments - - - except when it came to baking. When Jackson waged war against The Bank of the United States, the Whigs became the champions of big business and argued that Jackson was leading the nation to ruin (see the panic of 1837 and form your own judgement). The Whigs were united mostly by dissension and thus they were rent by dissension and eventually fell apart. a blurb from WIkipedia can say it better.





Hope this helps.





Here is WIkipedia;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;





"The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1832 to 1856, the party was formed to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. In particular, the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Executive Branch and favored a program of modernization and economic development. Their name was chosen to echo the American Whigs of 1776 who fought for independence. The Whig Party counted among its members such national political luminaries as Daniel Webster, William Henry Harrison, and their pre-eminent leader, Henry Clay of Kentucky. In addition to Harrison, the Whig Party also counted four war heroes among its ranks, including Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Abraham Lincoln was a Whig leader in frontier Illinois.





In its 26-year existence, the Whig Party saw two of its candidates elected President of the United States—Harrison and Taylor—and saw Harrison die in office. Four months after succeeding Harrison, Whig President John Tyler was expelled from the Party, and Millard Fillmore was the last Whig to hold the nation's highest office.





The party was ultimately destroyed by the question of whether to allow the expansion of slavery to the territories. Deep fissures in the party on this question led the party to run Winfield Scott over its own incumbent President Fillmore in the U.S. presidential election of 1852. The Whig Party never elected another President. Its leaders quit politics (as Lincoln did temporarily) or changed parties. The voter base defected to the Republican Party, various coalition parties in some states, and to the Democratic Party."





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