Second Party System

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party system political era

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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Label Occurrences
Second Party System canonical 4
Second Party System in United States politics 1
decline of the Whig Party 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party system ⓘ
political era ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Second Bank of the United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declineCause collapse of the Whig Party ⓘ
sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ
emergedDuring Jacksonian era ⓘ
surface form: Jacksonian democracy 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 Jeffersonian republicanism ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whig Party (United States)
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 ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1828 → tookPlaceDuring → Second Party System ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1836 → era → Second Party System ⓘ
Tariff of 1857 debates → hasContext → Second Party System ⓘ
this entity surface form: decline of the Whig Party
1844 United States presidential election → tookPlaceDuring → Second Party System ⓘ
Pierce–Scott presidential election → context → Second Party System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Party System in United States politics