Realignment Articles
According to Webb, the Republican Party lost power in the 1920/30s because of their support for what?
Big business
What is the "Era of Good Feelings"
period of time from 1816-1824 that where there was no partisan competition
Who were the candidates in the 1824 election?
Jackson
Adams
Crawford
Clay
Calhoun - drops and runs for VP
How was foreign policy different for the federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans
Federalists - trade w/ GB
Republicans - trade with France
What did the 12th amendment do?
Electors now vote in separate ballots for president and VP. if no majority, top 3 go to house
Name 2 aspects of the Republican Party platform that developed post-1860
RR expansion
Homestead Act
Protective tariffs
union army pensions
Who were the candidates in the 1808 election? who won?
James Madison (R) and Charles Pinckney (F)
Who was the winner of the 1816 Election?
James Monroe
What groups were the federalists popular with? what about the Republicans?
Federalists - urban, merchants, well-educated
republicans - rural areas, farmers, artisans
Which article sets out how to elect the president
Article II sec 1
According to VO Key, a critical election is a realignment in the electorate that is both _______ and ________
sharp and durable
Who were the pro-war and anti-war candidates for the election of 1812? What party(its) were they from?
Madison and Clinton, both Republican
Federalists met in CT and agreed to secede from union if the war continued to go poorly
ended up making federalists look bad after battle of New Orleans
What were the alien and sedition acts? who passed them?
Adams administration
sedition acts allowed those who criticize the gov to be jailed. Alien acts made citizenship harder to obtain
What was the main concern that the anti-federalists had about ratifying the constitution?
not enough protections for state/individual rights
VO key used the towns of __________ and __________ to exemplify his theory of critical elections
Summerville and Ashfield
What happened in the election of 1824?
top 3 thrown into house, clay backs Adams and he ends up winning the vote
What was the Corrupt Bargain
alleged quid pro quo between clay and Adams
What happened in the presidential election of 1800?
Burr and Jefferson tie, only candidates with majorities
goes to house where Jefferson is elected on the 36th ballot
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
Compromise between the Virginia and NJ plans that created a bicameral congress where representation in the house is based on population while representation in the senate is equal for each state
How long are the cycles of politics that Skoronic believes occur in the US system?
40 years
Explain the effect that the battle of New Orleans had on the 1816 elections/american politics
altered public opinion of the war and made it be seen as a victory
What major issue did Hamilton and Jefferson disagree on and how did it lead to the formation of a political parties?
National bank
split filters down into congress and eventually states
What did the "Revolution of 1800" show?
peaceful transition of power possible
What is Duverger's Law?
Says that we will inherently have a 2 parties due to our first past the post plurality system. Representative systems will have multiparty systems