JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Membership increase and internal opposition
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Disagreed with the values of the Federalists
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The creation of the Whig Party to support Jackson
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Tensions following the Era of Good Feelings
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the controversial presidential election of 1824-in which the contest was decided in favor of John Quincy Adams by the House of Representatives-Democratic Republicans split over whether to support or oppose the defeated candidate Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Democratic Party split over the issue of slavery. Northern Democrats believed in “popular sovereignty, ” or the right of new states and territories to decide if they wanted to include or exclude slavery from their borders.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1854, the Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into American territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
Detailed explanation-4: -After President Harry S. Truman, a member of the Democratic Party, ordered integration of the military in 1948 and other actions to address civil rights of African Americans, many Southern conservative white politicians who objected to this course organized themselves as a breakaway faction.