The Second American Party System

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party_system
gptkbp:characterizedBy	strong party loyalty increased voter participation mass political rallies
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	collapse of the Whig Party sectional tensions over slavery
gptkbp:endDate	1854
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Third_Party_System
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Second American Party System
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Andrew_Jackson gptkb:John_C._Calhoun gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren gptkb:Daniel_Webster gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Election_of_1840 gptkb:Election_of_1844 gptkb:Election_of_1848 gptkb:Election_of_1852 gptkb:Election_of_1828
gptkbp:numberOfIssues	gptkb:bank tariffs economic modernization states' rights slavery expansion
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Democratic_Party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:First_Party_System
gptkbp:regionallyStrongIn	North South West
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Compromise_of_1850 gptkb:Jacksonian_Democracy gptkb:Panic_of_1837 formation of the Republican Party
gptkbp:startDate	1828
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Richard_P._McCormick
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7