John Q. Adams Administration - Changes in the U.S. Government
Changes in the U.S. Government
The greatest change during the quiet Adams administration was the birth of the Democratic Party, which came to power with Andrew Jackson's election in 1828. Prior to Jackson's election, Democratic-Republicans had stood virtually unopposed for the presidency since Thomas Jefferson's campaign for a second term in 1804. In Jefferson's time, Republicans supported reduction of federal power, leaving the task of government to the individual states. Adams's plans for national improvement sounded more like his father's Federalist policies, which advocated a strong national government. These policies were repugnant to some Democratic-Republicans, especially in the South, who coveted states' rights as essential to the protection of slavery. Their split from the Republicans to form the Democratic Party marked the return of the two-party system to national politics.
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