Explanation:
The Second Party System arose in 1828, with increasing levels of voter interest and partisan identification leading into the presidential election.
The Second Party System is the first and only party system in which the two major parties remained on about equal footing in every region.
The System reflected and shaped the political, social, economic, and cultural currents of the Jacksonian Era until succeeded by the Third Party System in 1854.
Jacksonian Democracy: The political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician, Andrew Jackson, and his supporters.
Second Party System: A term used by historians and political scientists to name the political framework existing in the United States from about 1828 to 1854.
Whig Party: A political group of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy; considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, it was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson.
