1. The Two Party System and the Jacksonian Era
Ultimately, major conflicting political personalities and fiscal issues due to tariffs and the Second Bank of the United States eventually led to the split of two parties: the National Republicans (later to be known as the Whigs) governed by John Quincy Adams and the Democratic-Republicans (Jacksonian Democrats) facilitated by Andrew Jackson. ... During the Election of 1824, five candidates consisting of John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun all called themselves Republicans and campaigned for presidency. ... Instead, Jackson declared that nulli...
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