Second Party System 1828-1854 (dec 1, 1828 – feb 1, 1854)
Description:
Democrats :1.States’ rights and state sovereignty
2.Strict constructionists
3.Laissez-faire economics
4.Territorial expansion
5.Slave Power
6.Equal opportunity
7.Coalition:
·Regional bases in South and West
·Yeoman farmers, working class, immigrants, small slave-owning class
8.Prominent Members
Andrew Jackson, Martin van Buren, James K. Polk, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas
Whigs:
1.American System policies
2.Modernization and development in existing jurisdictions
3.Social reforms
4.Mixed on slavery
5.Conscience Whigs
6.Cotton Whigs
7.Coalition:
·Regional base in New England
·Upper and middle class professionals, business class, Protestant evangelicals
8.Prominent Members
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, William Seward, Thurlow Weed
Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 1, 1828
feb 1, 1854
~ 25 years