What were the positions of the two parties, Federalist and Democratic-Republican, on economic issues (banks, the tariff, and internal improvements), foreign affairs, and about how best to settle constitutional disputes? What kind of country did each party hope the United States would become? How did different groups in America, including Native Americans, fare under each partys program? Finally, were the issues at stake in the First Party System resolved or not by the
1820s and the rise of a new generation of American leaders
