How did the “corrupt bargain” affect the US political party system in the 1820s?

In the 1824 election, no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote, so the House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams as president. Andrew Jackson’s supporters accused Adams and Henry Clay of making a “corrupt bargain” after Clay supported Adams and then became secretary of state. The controversy helped Jackson’s supporters organize into the Democratic Party, so the correct choice is “The Democratic political party was formed.”

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