13th President.

There was a time in our history when the Republicans were the liberals and the Democrats were the anti-progressives. But, when the party of Lincoln became the party of Nixon, the landscape changed. The orientations change, but we’re still a two-party political dance.

The passage of the Missouri Compromise in 1820, which addressed the status of slavery in newly-created United States territories, was one of the first significant legislative decisions that showcased a prominent sectional divide in the American political scene. It would later become apparent that the Compromise was a precursor to further sectional unrest and disillusionment within the country. The escalating tension within the country was catalyzed by the popular notion of manifest destiny, which claimed that it was the fundamental right of America to adopt expansionist policies and conquer vast continental territories.

Nineteenth Century America was a slow moving agriculture country until Samuel F.C. Morse invented the telegraph. As strange as it might seem, the invention of the telegraph was as dramatic in Nineteenth Century America as the Internet today. With the telegraph came communications that enhanced trade and allowed farmers to compare prices, get credit and with the coming of railroads, ship their products to distant parts of the country. The political parties were Whigs and Democrats and were as volatile as today.

A brief outline of the history of our country’s two-party system formation.

Jacksonian Democracy meant that politically, everyone would have a say; most importantly the common man.

The different era’s of the party system in the United States.

This is an article which examines the 1832 reform act and examines whether the name, the great reform act, is justified and the struggle that was required to pass the act through the political system.