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How did the economy contribute to the rise of the 2nd party system?

So far, I have: Panic of 1819 shocked workers and farmers. They blamed the Bank of the United States for foreclosures on their farms. The only way to fix this crisis was to get more politically involved; this is what followers of Andrew Jackson did. Jackson sought control of the government to reform the national bank. States also implemented tax wars on the bank. The Supreme Court ruled in McCulloch vs. Maryland that states could not tax an institution of the federal government. any more ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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1. White men became actively involved in politics as a central component of their identity. Though Jackson was a prosperous slaveowner by the time he ran for office, he portrayed himself as a man of the people and derided his opponent, John Quincy Adams, as an intellectual and an elitist. Jackson had begun the process whereby successful and propertied candidates had to appeal to a mass electorate and fashion themselves as "men of the people" in order to win elections. From Shmoop
2. I don't think it was the panic of 1819. Though it may have caused Andrew Jackson's antipathy toward banks. The two party system first arose because of difference in opinion on whether we needed a strong federal government or a weak one. The Federalist and the Democratic Republicans. By 1820, these issues were resolved and we had the "era of good feelings". However, human nature, other issues arose.