The Rise of Mass Party Politics

1. Flashback--The Revolutionary Generation and Parties
   1. Hostility to "Factions"
   2. The Jeffersonian Republicans--A "Party" to End Parties
   3. The "Era of Good Feelings"--An End to Parties?--NO!
2. The Resurgence of Parties--Another Unintended Consequence
   1. Short-Circuiting Checks and Balances
   2. Replacing Deference with Party Loyalty
   3. Nationalizing Political Life
3. Why?
   1. Democratizing Institutions
      1. Universal White Manhood Suffrage
      2. One (White Man), One Vote
      3. Broadening the Range of Elective Offices
      4. Popular Election of Presidential Electors
   2. New Priorities
      1. Commerce and Its Discontents
         1. Commerce as Threat to "Independence"
         2. Commerce as Aid to "Success"
      2. New Issues
         1. The War of 1812 and Its Consequences--The End of a Political Era
         2. Interest in Positive Government
            1. Enhancing National Power
            2. Encouraging Economic Development--Henry Clay and the "American System"
         3. Opposition to "Positive Government"
   3. The Role of the Politician--Inventing the Party