USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

WAR OF 1812

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following became the Democratic-Republican party?
A
Federalists
B
Anti-Federalists
C
Tories
D
Patriots
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -George Washington, the Anti-Federalists in 1791 became the nucleus of the Jeffersonian Republican Party (subsequently Democratic-Republican, finally Democratic) as strict constructionists of the new Constitution and in opposition to a strong national fiscal policy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Democratic-Republicans splintered during the 1824 presidential election. The majority faction of the Democratic-Republicans eventually coalesced into the modern Democratic Party, while the minority faction ultimately formed the core of what became the Whig Party. Washington, D.C.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Antifederalists morphed into the Democratic-Republicans and then the Republicans. The main issues stemmed over the Constitution and the role of government in the creation of America.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -the Democratic-Republicans. In one corner were the Federalists. The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, were made up primarily of merchants, bankers, and industrialists alongside many wealthy plantation owners in the North and in the South. Most were well-educated property owners.

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