USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During Jefferson’s presidency, what was the other major political party?
A
Democratic Socialist
B
Democratic
C
Silver Legion
D
Federalist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson and his colleagues formed the Republican Party in the early 1790s. By 1795, the Federalists had become a party in name as well. After John Adams, their candidate, was elected president in 1796, the Federalists began to decline.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Federalists, led by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists, led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, advocated states’ rights instead of centralized power.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sharp political conflict developed, and two separate parties, the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, began to form. Jefferson gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans, who sympathized with the revolutionary cause in France.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Federalist policies he kept was the Bank of the US.

Detailed explanation-5: -A compilation of these articles written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay (under the pseudonym Publius), were published as The Federalist in 1788.

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