Mmk...I have a DBQ due soon and im so stuck.
Question: What Led to the Rise of the political parties in the 1970s?
My teacher wanted me to talk about the two parties:
Federalists
Democrat-Republicans
He also wanted me to talk about the presidents during that time:
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Hamilton
And then some rifts or problems such as:
[B]Foreign issues
- French Revolution
- Britains treamet to American ships.
- Jay's Treaty
Constitution
James Maddison
Quasi War
Anglo Franko War
X,Y,Z.
i dont know most of those cause i just transfered in. Your help would be greatly appreciated. :D
OK, I could have sworn that I answered other questions along the same line, but I'm either blind or temporarily loosing my mind. Either way, I'll just have to start from scratch.
First, I'd like to say Welcome to the Wonderful World of APUSH! I took it last year, but I'm always willing to help those who ask, even if it's not an AP class, even if it's not something I'm currently taking. Just let me know if I can help you with anything. If I don't know it, I'll try and find someone who does.
Now, to the question. I think you got your 7 and 9 mixed up. It happens to us all, but by 1970 there were definitely more than two political parties and these two had vanished (in a sense).
I'm just gonna go in order, and say anything I find that might help, but I can't find the Documents, so not sure what you'll have to use.
Federalists versus Democrat-Republicans: Basically Fed's believed in loose interpretation of the Constitution and Dem-Rep's believed in strict interpretation.
Prep_needs_an_A explained this awhile ago (knew I'd seen it before) here:
http://www.course-notes.org/forum/showthread.php?t=886
It's an excellent explanation.
As for the presidents, Washington was against political parties. He thought that the nation needed to be unified in order to be strong.
Now I'm going to combine Presidents with events.
Washington: He was in charge during the French Revolution, the British problems at sea, and Jay's Treaty (In order). While the French Revolution was happening, Washington had only been in office for a few years. He choose to remain neutral and trade with both sides. The British then began to take American merchant ships and force them to serve under Britain. John Jay went to try and make the British not only stop these activities, but also to stop agitating the American Indians. The resulting treaty, Jay's Treaty, didn't really solve anything and Jay was highly disliked when he returned. Washington warned his successors to avoid lengthy alliances, but we all know how well americans listen to what they're told.
Adams: He was a federalist who was associated with the Quasi War and the XYZ Affair and James Madison. Unfortunately for him and his party, he had high standards that led to a bad term. The XYZ Affair was when three people each from the U.S. and France met to try and stop the French from harassing our ships. They wanted a bribe though, so our delgates walked away, disgusted. The result was the Quasi-War. War was never actually declared, but Adams put an embargo on France and authorized the attack and capture of armed French vessels. (The Navy was created here but that's not really important to the question.) Adams' approach to the presidency was met with mixed reaction. Those who agreed were part of the Federalist Party, and those against it rallied behind Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans.
James Madison: He was supposed to deliver a commision to William Marbury, one of the numerous judges appointed by Adams on midnight the last day he had power to do so. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall refused to rule because there was no ruling that fit this case. So Marbury, off the top of his head (yes, a spontaneous idea), suggested that the Supreme Court should be able to declare a law or action unconstitutional. This is known as judicial review and the whole incident only increased the dislike between the two Partys.
Jefferson: He was the father of the Democratic-Republican Party. I'm not sure if you're supposed to go into his presidency because non of the words listed occured during his terms in office. I think the connection between him and this question is that Jefferson and Hamilton really hated each other. I mean REEEEEEEEEEALLY hated each other.
Hamilton: He was never a President. He was never even Vice-President. However, he was the father of the Federalist Party. He's related because of the same reason Jefferson was. He might have been pres. but he was killed in a duel in 1804...(you don't need to know that either).
Now, the last two terms:
Constitution: The constitution says NOTHING about political parties. This is probably since the founding fathers were so unified when they wrote the thing, but you're guess is as good as mine. Also, the whole interpretation issue.
Anglo Franko War ( I think it's Anglo Franco War, but I'm not sure): I'm sorry, but I can't find anything on it. Try using the index in your text book. Or possibly one of the links posted by GoPunchRocks (It's the second from the top on every page in the essays and DBQ section of U.S. History, but here's the link too.)
http://www.course-notes.org/forum/showthread.php?t=800
Anyways, I hope that that helps.
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Thank you so Much!!! Wow that really helped me. :smile: ha yeah i guess it would have helped if i had given the correct year huh?
Thanks again.