JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
ELECTION OF 1824
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Democratic-Republican
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Democrats
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Whig
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Federalist
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Federalist Party was one of the first political parties in the United States. It did not survive very long, dying off after the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-2: -The party ceased to exist at the end of the War of 1812. Numerous Federalists opposed the war because many of these men earned their living through trade. The conflict hampered the Federalists’ ability to exchange with England.
Detailed explanation-3: -The War of 1812 closed with the Federalist Party all but destroyed. The 1816 presidential election was the last one when the Federalists’ ran a candidate. He lost resoundingly.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the Federalist Party was strong in New England and the Northeast, it was left without a strong leader after the death of Alexander Hamilton and retirement of Adams. Its increasingly aristocratic tendencies and its opposition to the War of 1812 helped to fuel its demise in 1816.