Compare And Contrast The Groups And Cliques Of The United States After The War Of 1812

“In spite of the founders’ fears, two major-political factions – the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists were formed even before the Constitution was ratified.” Sidlow, 2015, P 143) Federalists wanted stronger national government and Anti-Federalist (Jefferson Republicans) wanted states’ rights and feared government could become too powerful. In the election of 1796 was the first time candidates from different political party systems held strongly opposed party principles and this time period defined political life as we know it. For the next twenty years the Jefferson Republicans dominated American Politics. In the 1820’s the Jefferson Republicans split into two groups, supporters of Andrews Jackson called their party the Democrats, and the other group called themselves the National Republican Party (Whig Party). During the 1840’s and 1850’s Democrats and Whigs competed for the White House and the two party system fully emerged

This two-party political system started in the election of 1796 between Vice President John Adams (the Federalists) and the Republicans selected Thomas Jefferson. 1864 was the beginning of the two-party system

The election of 1800 was the first time that power was transformed from one party to another, thus enforcing the emergence of a two party system. This was ironic since the George Washington proclaimed that a party system would be more harm than

The Tariff of 1816 was also in conjunction with Calhoun’s American System because it was created to protect the manufacturing of the U.S. from the British competitors. This Tariff caused division in the Americas between the North and South. It favored the North because it protected their manufacturing, but it heavily taxed the South. John Randolph responded to the passing of the Tariff of 1816 favoring the south. He pleaded his point reinstating that the agriculturalist are the heart and soul of the country and bear the brunt of war and taxes causing the south to remain poor while the manufactures lavish themselves with riches and wealth (Document A). This political debate sparked rivalries which caused the splitting of political parties. This began a new era of political parties known as the Second Party System. In the year of 1820 there was only one political party: The Republicans. By the election of 1824, there were four different factions (Document I). This sparked another major debate of this era: does the state have more power or the central government? John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and a

Prior to the War of 1812 the first parties to exist were the Federalists with conservative views favoring National Banks, tariffs and supported supplied power and the Democratic–Republican Party. These parties existed 1792-1824 and include the Federalist Party which was dominant in New England in 1800—business community. The Democratic-Republicans became dominant after 1800—mostly farmers and planters. After the War of 1812, the nation returned to a period of one-party government in national politics. “The Federalist Party decline brought about an illusion of National Political Unity. Congress was setup by President George Washington to be protector of the people—public policy. Rivalry followed and discourse grew over political differences. A divided occurred over the Financial Panic of 1819, the Depression—debt relief, banking, monetary policy, tariffs—and slavery and created a second party system that lasted from 1828-1854 (Ashworth, 1986).

The Second Party System ended due to the loyalties weakened by issues of anti-immigrant nativism and slavery ,but led to the emergence of the Northern Republican Party.

In America today there are many political parties which include the Democrats and the Republicans. The beginning of political parties started in 1787 with the federalist, then later on the anti-federalist in 1796. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the federalist party. Thomas Jefferson was the leader of the anti-federalist; who called themselves the Democratic-Republicans. Our first president, George Washington warned us about having parties and the danger of them. However, "not until Congress debated the ratification and implementation of Jay’s Treaty with Great Britain did two political parties clearly emerge"; the Federalist and the Anti-Federalist. Today the most influential parties are the Democrats and the Republicans. These parties win all of the presidential elections as of today. Political parties formed because the United States was beginning to grow and expand. Many people had different opinions and so political parties were formed. People were concerned about the how the new government was going to be organized.

The Second party is a term of periodization between 1828 to 1854. One of the two parties were called The National Republicans, led by Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Webster. They believed that the government should be used to advance social and cultural improvements. As well as improve the standards of life in American communities. Most of the Republicans we known as the Whigs, their supporters mostly came from the northeast. The second party was known as the Democratic Republicans commonly known as the Democrats, led by Andrew Jackson. He believed that it was in their best interest of the common man. He also believed that the Whigs were threatening their economic, social, and cultural freedoms. His supporters rotted in the west and south

Although other parties do exist and citizens have the option to be independent, the United States has predominately had a two-party system (Flanders). The Democratic Party was

The 1812 war between the British and Indian allies against the Americans have a relation to the war of independence as referred by scholars. The war was fought for three years and highlighted a high number of casualties. Some of the post-war development occurred after the war. As a result, American developed independent societies and cultures. In the event of war, America achieved independence at the expense of political and military structures. After the war, they had to rebuild these structures again.

Political parties are formed when voters have different ideology regarding government, economics, and politics. The Second Party System emerged after the Democratic and Whig parties came to power in America. The development of this party system was prompted by the clashing philosophies about individual rights, government control, and land acquisition. Despite both parties being equally prevalent in America, the Democratic Party flourished and was drastically much more successful than the Whig Party at impacting the nation.

There were many events that lead to America splitting into two political parties in the 1790’s. The two parties are the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans and when it comes to the government they have completely different views. The Federalists were lead by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams and lived mainly in the north. They strongly supported the central government because they believed that the government should be big and strong. The Democratic Republicans lived mainly in the west and south and were lead by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Democratic Republicans were against a big government and believed the states should have more power. Political parties were created in the 1790’s because of the war between

Around 1792 was when the First Party System began to show up. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison believed that Alexander Hamilton’s policies threatened the United States. They called themselves Republicans. On the other hand Hamilton was accusing Jefferson and Madison of destroying the republic. Hamilton’s supporters called themselves Federalists.

The parties formed after the Constitution was adopted as the need to systematically search for and encourage popular support became apparent. The structure of a party allows a group of like-minded politicians to mold popular support in the favor of the candidate of their choice where alone they could only accomplish the creation of multiple less organized and therefore less politically potent factions. The nature of the political system already in place gave no value to coming in second or third in elections at any level of government, leading to the natural growth of two strong parties who battle for supremacy at every election (July 22). The winner takes all, and the opposition spends their time getting ready to try again as they wait for their next chance. Once the two parties, Democrat and Republican, were firmly settled in to the system they affected legislation to give themselves automatic ballot access and state funding, making election that much harder for other parties and thereby ensuring that it remained a two party system (July 22).

Since the administration of George Washington two political parties have dominated the United States political system, but they have not always been the same two parties. The first two parties were the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Federalists were those who supported a strong federal government and the Anti-Federalists were those who did not. The leaders of the Federalists were Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Both were from the Northeast where the Federalist line of thinking was strongest. Thomas Jefferson became the leader of the Anti-Federalists. These two groups really did not considered themselves parties. The founders feared parties because they thought of them as factions.