Second Party System

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The Second Party System was the mid-19th-century American political era defined by fierce competition between the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, high voter turnout, and strong party organization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party system ⓘ
political era ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Bank War ⓘ
Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Nullification Crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy competition between Democratic Party and Whig Party ⓘ
high voter turnout ⓘ
strong party organization ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause collapse of the Whig Party ⓘ
sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ
emergedDuring Jacksonian democracy era ⓘ
linked to: Jacksonian era
endedByElectoralChange elections of the mid-1850s ⓘ
endTime mid-1850s ⓘ
followed First Party System ⓘ
followedBy Third Party System ⓘ
hasFeature mass political rallies ⓘ
national party conventions ⓘ
party newspapers ⓘ
patronage system ⓘ
spoils system ⓘ
ideologicalTendency Democrats favored limited federal government ⓘ
Whigs favored active federal government for economic development ⓘ
influenced development of modern party organization in the United States ⓘ
majorParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Whig Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
politicalIssue federal power ⓘ
internal improvements ⓘ
national bank ⓘ
slavery expansion ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
tariffs ⓘ
politicalLeader Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Daniel Webster ⓘ
Henry Clay ⓘ
John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Martin Van Buren ⓘ
precededByElectoralChange election of 1828 ⓘ
regionallyDistinctPatterns North ⓘ
South ⓘ
West ⓘ
socialBase Democrats drew support from small farmers and urban workers ⓘ
Whigs drew support from merchants, professionals, and many planters ⓘ
startTime circa 1828 ⓘ
voterTurnout among highest in U.S. history up to that time ⓘ

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1852 United States presidential election → era → Second Party System ⓘ
Tariff of 1857 debates → hasContext → decline of the Whig Party ⓘ
linked to: Second Party System
Pierce–Scott presidential election → context → Second Party System in United States politics ⓘ
linked to: Second Party System
National Republican Party → historicalContext → Second Party System in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Second Party System
20th United States Congress → partySystemContext → Second Party System (emerging) ⓘ
linked to: Second Party System
31st United States Congress → politicalContext → Second Party System ⓘ