Posted: September 13th, 2017

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Although Washington, Jefferson, and other patriots of the Revolution failed to foresee the rise of political parties in American politics, soon after the ratification of the Constitution they appeared. By the time of the Civil War, the United States had experienced three distinct party systems that formed in succession. Discuss these three party systems. What political parties were active in each? What motivated their formation? What factions in American society did the various parties in these party systems purport to represent