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The political principles presented in the passage led to which of the following political systems in the United States?


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Oh Okay A pushers third ofthree here from Andrew Jackson's

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inaugural address Here it is Two paragraphs All you do

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Skim it quick skim it quick and you're done Here's

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the question The political principles presented in the passage led

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to which of the following political systems in the United

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States Whoa Well let's think about it The establishment of

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the Democratic Party happened soon after the presidential victory of

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Andrew Jackson in eighteen twenty eight The Democratic Party in

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President Jackson called for the limitation of the federal government

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and the advancement of the common people well as a

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reaction The WIG party led by Henry Clay grew out

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of the national Republicans like Formed a new party The

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Wig's supported the intervention of the federal government in order

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to improve the life of American citizen The second party

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system was the period between the eighteen twenties and mid

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in eighteen fifties in which the Democratic Party in the

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WIG party dominated American politics Right Republicans really you want

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a thing Yet at any given time the two major

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political parties in the country have split over important issues

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like the size and power of central government foreign policy

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and whether or not a hot dog is in fact

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a sandwich So that's it The interest beat the second

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party system Well let's go to the loser bowl here

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because this stuff kind of important The first party system

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was the period between seventeen ninety six in eighteen sixty

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during which the Federalists and the Republicans were the main

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parties in American politics The Federalist supported a big federal

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government like this guy Protectionist tariffs meaning and importing into

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the US and manufacturing the Republicans back the idea of

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a small federal government limited government intervention in the economy

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and the prioritization of agriculture That was a biggie for

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Republicans right Well the third party system was the period

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between eighteen fifty for in the mid eighteen nineties during

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which the anti slavery and the new Republican Party led

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American politics against the mainly pro slavery Democratic Party Will

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the fourth party system known as thie Progressive era Remember

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that thing was the period between eighteen ninety six in

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nineteen thirty two during which the Republican Party dominated American

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politics with the exception of eight years when the Democrats

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had the White House So that's that The answer here

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it's the second party system But you really got to

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know all this stuff because we're almost sure you're gonna

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be tested on it So I go read it or 00:02:20.135 --> [endTime] listen to this thing again yeah

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