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'''2. During the time period covered by this lecture, a political party became very strong and then disappeared. Identify it, and explain why it disappeared.'''

'''2. During the time period covered by this lecture, a political party became very strong and then disappeared. Identify it, and explain why it disappeared.'''

This political party was the Whig Party which became very popular [and powerful] in the early to mid 1800s. It was led by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams as an opposition to policies of president Andrew Jackson. The Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the executive branch, and favored modernization.

This political party was the Whig Party which became very popular [and powerful] in the early to mid 1800s. It was led by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams as an opposition to policies of president Andrew Jackson. The Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the executive branch, and favored modernization. The main reason why the Whig Party disappeared was because it was made in opposition to Jackson, and after the Jacksonian era faded, so did the Whigs.

 

The main reason why the Whig Party disappeared was because it was made in opposition to Jackson, and after the Jacksonian era faded, so did the Whigs.