USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

THE TRAIL OF TEARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which political party disappeared during the Jacksonian era?
A
Whigs
B
Federalists
C
Democrats
D
Know-Nothings
Explanation: 

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. It died for two main reasons. First, it died because it was opposed to the democratic spirit of the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Decline of the Federalist Party Although it lingered on in these states, the party never regained its national following, and by the end of the War of 1812, it was dead. Its inability to accommodate early enough a rising, popular democratic spirit, often strongest in towns and cities, was its undoing.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Whig Party was a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of President Andrew Jackson and his Jacksonian Democrats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Known informally as the Jeffersonian Republicans, this group of politicians organized in opposition to the policies of Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton, who favored a strong central government.

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