1 St. 5 Min, 18 März 1836 Jahr - Second American Party System

Beschreibung:

Democrats:
- party of tradition
- opposed banks and corporations
- favor rapid expansion
- ideology: agrarianism, slavery, and states rights
- rural areas, urban workers
- Andrew Jackson

Whigs:
- party of modernization
- believed government should promote economic growth - support of national bank
- slow territorial growth
- ideology: urbanization, industrialization, and federal rights
- northern states, businessmen, large plantation owners
- Henry Clay