Question

what influenced the growing tensions between the nation's political parties?

Answer 1

Our first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, both adamantly opposed the development of political parties. As early as 1780, seven years before the Constitutional Convention first met, Adams declared, “There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader and converting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” Despite such trepidation, the Founding Fathers wrote nothing about political parties in the Constitution.

Answer 2

http://www.ourwhitehouse.org/choosingsides.html This should also help if you read the paragraph labeled "Two Opposing Parties Rise to the Top".

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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