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Sectional Conflict Intensifies The year was 1848. American forces had taken over Mexico city, and the leaders of the Mexican Army had just signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. America had won the war with Mexico (The American Vision 311). Everything seemed to be going great in the new union; however, as more and more states entered, many different leaders had different opinions about a problem that had been boiling up for a while - slavery. More specifically - what states would be allowed to

groups stay until 1852 after the end of the Civil war; when two new parties are created. Furthermore in 1824, the campaigns to a new presidency commenced. Four people would run, John Quincy Adams the previous Secretary of State. The House Speaker Henry Clay. William H. Crawford who had served as secretary of war and of the treasury in the two previous administrations. To conclude, General Andrew Jackson the hero of the battle of New Orleans. The election of 1824 was a political turning point in which

would soon come to an end once men like Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay became familiar names and faces to American society. But before these two leaders ended up being another one of America’s presidents, they had to find out what the average American really wanted from its federal government. By establishing new methods to govern the American society and by coming up with the best solution to fix America’s internal problems, Jackson and Clay

Reasons for the rise of partisan politics in the Early Republic The First Party System refers to a period between 1792 and the 1820’s when the American political system was divided into two parties. Both parties, the Federalist Party, and the Democratic-Republican Party, wanted control of the Congress, the presidency, and the states. The parties were the result of the differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson on how to solve various national problems such as the economic crisis

facts and tons of background to back up his stories. Kennedy writes, “Calhoun, in spite of his appearance, had been born-in 1782, the same year as Webster and five years after Clay. He was six feet, two inches tall; a graduate of Yale University; a Member of Congress at the age of twenty-nine, a War Hawk who joined Henry Clay in driving the United States into the War of 1812” (54). By giving extensive background knowledge, Kennedy informs the reader of qualifications and achievements. It shows the

Henry Clay’s Achievements Henry Clay is often referred to as the “Great Compromiser” and the “Great Pacificator”. However, people do not realize the truth in those nicknames and how he earned them through his actions. He was the seventh child of a middle class family in Hancouver, Virginia on April 12, 1777, just a year after the Declaration of Independence was published. He was a reputable farmer but his political career started from when he got a profession as a lawyer (Biography of Henry). On

The election of 1824 is one of the most unique and interesting elections in American history. The four candidates in the election were William Crawford, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. They were all from the Jacksonian Republican Party.      William H. Crawford was very experienced in politics. Before running for president in 1824, he was James Monroe’s secretary of war and he was also secretary of treasury under Monroe and James Madison. He also served

President AJ Andrew Jackson was born in 1767, and grew up in the border of North and South Carolina. He attended frontier schools and acquired the reputation of being fiery-tempered and willing to fight all comers. He also learned to read, and he was often called on by the community to read aloud the news from the Philadelphia papers. In 1775, with the beginning of the American Revolution, Andrew Jackson, then only 13 years old became an orderly and messenger. He took part in the Battle

the unity of the states. The primary issue to address was the institution of slavery, which was causing much dissension between the north and the south. Additional items to be addressed were territory issues and to prevent secession by the south. Henry Clay stepped forward to present a compromise, which had Congress in an eight-month discussion known as the “Great Debate”. As a result of the proposal, there were strong oppositions. One outspoken person who opposed the proposal was John C Calhoun. Calhoun

Ritchie that the “revival of old party distinctions” would be “highly salutary” and beneficial to the country. Van Buren believed that it would unite the Southern planters with the Republicans of the North. In 1824 however, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay teamed up to defeat the man who had garnered the most votes by any individual. The plan worked and the two won the presidency. It was dubbed as the “Corrupt Bargain” because the two had “stolen” the presidency from Jackson. Andrew Jackson or “Old