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Federalists
• Wanted to strengthen the country
• Formed in 1787
• Ended in 1820’s
• Many factors lead to their demise
• Wanted central government
• Pro Constitution
• Important member: Alex Hamilton
• Important member: John Adams
• Pro British
• Internationally minded (trade) -
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Political Parties
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Democratic-Republicans
• Wanted to protect the people
• Needed a party to contest with the federalists
• Split after presidential election between Andrew Jackson and John Adams- Adams won
• Created in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
• Supported The People and The Bill of Rights
• Were Pro French rather than Pro British
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Jacksonain Party
1824-1860. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era.
Jackson's supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party; they fought the rival Adams and Anti-Jacksonian factions, which soon emerged as the Whigs.
During the Jacksonian era, the suffrage was extended to most white male adult citizens. Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man represented by Andrew Jackson. -
Anti-Masonic Party
Formed in late 1820’s. Some important people in it were William Morgan and William Wirt. They ran against the Jacksonian Party. They lost in the election of 1832. They faded into the whig party in 1836. -
Whigs
• Created to contest Jacksonians
• Created in 1834
• Henry Clay was a founder
• Member: Daniel Webster
• Ended in 1856
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Free Soil Party
Starting date 1848. It was made to be against slavery, their presidential candidate for the 1848 election was Martin Van Buren. He lost in that election to the whig partys candidate Zachary Taylor. The motto for the party was Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free men. They formed into the Republican party when it formed in the 1850’s. -
Know Nothing Party
The Know-Nothing Party began in the late 1840s as an act to immigration to America. After some success in local elections, former president Millard Fillmore ran as the Know-Nothing candidate for president in 1856. Fillmore's campaign was a terrible and the party soon ended. -
Republicans
• Formed in 1854
• Still exists today
• Thomas Jefferson was a founder and Abraham Lincoln was a member of this party.
• Formed to go against Kansas Nebraska at which threatened to extend slavery
