Two-Party System Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following political parties favored a strong federal government over the rights of individual states?

A

Federalists, Americans, Whigs, Republicans

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2
Q

Alexander Hamilton and John Adams founded what political party?

A

Federalists

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3
Q

The Know-Nothing Party formed around what political viewpoint?

A

Nativism/Racism/Anti-Immigrant

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4
Q

By the 1830s, the Anti-Federalist Party had evolved into what party?

A

Democratic-Republican

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5
Q

Thomas Jefferson was originally a supporter of what political party?

A

Anti-federalists

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6
Q

Supporters of what two parties joined to form the Republican Party in the 1850s?

A

Whigs and Americans

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