Can you me understand the difinition of "qualify" it's hard to understand

qualify - be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition

qualify basically means that someone or something follows all conditions needed to get something or somewhere

Both men foresaw the us as a great future power. however, they differed on the path the nation was to follow in achieving this role. while jefferson preferred an agrarian nation, hamilton favored an industrial and business intensive nation. as such, jefferson detested hamilton's idea of a strong federal government. jefferson wanted the bulk of power to rest with the states. these major views were behind polarizing washington's cabinet into two distinct factions. hamilton's followers became known as federalists and jefferson's democratic-republicans.