USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What Political Party was formed by supporter of Jackson following the election of 1824?
A
Socialist
B
Federalist
C
Republican
D
Democratic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It emerged when the long-dominant Democratic-Republican Party became factionalized around the 1824 United States presidential election. Jackson’s supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party.

Detailed explanation-2: -The modern Democratic Party emerged in the late 1820s from former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party, which had largely collapsed by 1824. It was built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Whig Party was formally organized in 1834, bringing together a loose coalition of groups united in their opposition to what party members viewed as the executive tyranny of “King Andrew” Jackson. They borrowed the name Whig from the British party opposed to royal prerogatives.

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