Second Party System

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political system
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:characterizedBy two major political parties
gptkbp:completed 1850s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Party System
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:influencedBy Manifest Destiny
demographic changes
economic policies
industrialization
public opinion
urbanization
nationalism
sectionalism
civil rights movements
local issues
railroad expansion
labor movements
political campaigns
territorial expansion
women's suffrage movement
foreign relations
internal improvements
political ideologies
social movements
economic expansion
political patronage
voter mobilization
cultural shifts
economic interests
immigration policies
state politics
party conventions
issues of slavery
telegraph system
religious movements
newspaper politics
gptkbp:introduced 1820s
gptkbp:ledTo rise_of_the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:notableEvent Election of 1840
Election of 1848
Election of 1844
Election of 1852
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkb:James_K._Polk
gptkb:William_Henry_Harrison
gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:partOf American_political_history
gptkbp:succeededBy Third_Party_System
gptkbp:was_marked_by intense political rivalry