Describe the end of the first party system in the late 1810s and the beginning of the second party system in the 1820s.

At a
national level, the first two-party system, one which featured the Federalists and the
Democratic-Republicans, broke down in the aftermath of the War of 1812. One major reason was
that Federalists had, for the most part, stridently opposed the war, and they paid the price for
this stance at the ballot box amid the wave of nationalism that swept the country in its
aftermath. The period following the conflict witnessed one-party dominance to a greater extent
than any in American history, though this so-called "Era of Good Feelings" was
short-lived. In fact, the Democratic-Republicans experienced a great deal of factional conflict
over the so-called "American System" that provided federal support for economic
expansion and the issue of the expansion of slavery.

The latter issue came
to the fore with the Missouri Crisis that began in 1819 and ended with a series of compromise
measures in 1820. Four serious candidates for President emerged from the Democratic-Republican
ranks in 1824,...

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