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The Men Of The 1824 Election

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The Men of the 1824 Election The political climate of 1824 was turbulent, a dynamic and would alter the history of the United States of America for the foreseeable future. “The 1824 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION marked the final collapse of the Republican-Federalist political framework. For the first time no candidate ran as a Federalist, while five significant candidates competed as Democratic-Republicans.” (ushistory.org) James Monroe was the President of the United States of America (P.O.T.U.S) at the time and was dealing with other European Countries Claiming land in the area of what is now the Continental United States of America; at the same time the Native Americans and the topic of slavery where a hot bed for trouble. President Monroe needed to put a stop to the European over reach across the world. Monroe in 1823 formulated a declaration of principles on South America, known in later years as the Monroe Doctrine. Warning that the “American Continents where free and independent are henceforth not to be considered for colonization by and European power. Any attempt would be regarded as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United states.” (Roark) Whether the leadership of the country knew it or not the country was changing and the election would be the corner stone of the type of Union it would become centuries later. Since the beginning of the newly independent Republic union there were two different political parties the

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