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1828 poster

Political Lithographs

  • 1st Party System 1789-1800 of Federalists & Republicans; caucus
  • Virginia Dynasty 1801-1824 of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe; elite
  • 2nd Party System 1825-1856 of Democrats & Whigs, mass-based
  • "corrupt bargain" of 1825 gave election to John Q. Adams; Henry Clay became Secretary of State; Jackson began to created a new party
  • Democratic party elected Jackson in 1828 and 1832; elected Van Buren in 1836
  • Whig party developed from the National-Republicans of Henry Clay 1832-34 to oppose the Democratic-Republicans of Jackson; elected William H. Harrison 1840
  • new electioneering methods developed to increase voter participation - Hickory Clubs, parades, songs, lithographs
  • election poster, 1828
  • A New Map of the United States, by Anthony Imbert, 1829
  • Old Mother Bank, 1832
  • Race over Uncle Sam's Course, 1832
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