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ERA OF DEMOCRATS1800-1860 Slide2

Thomas Jefferson (1800)Thomas Jefferson is elected president, ushering in an era of democratic domination that lasted until the civil war.

Andrew Jackson(1828)

President Andrew Jackson democratic party

includes small farmers, debtors,

frontier pioneers, and slaveholders.Years of Jacksonian democracy produced 3 changes in the nations political landscape: Voting rights for all white males.Huge increase in the number of elected officials around the country.Spread of the spoils system.(1854) The republican party was bornThe republican party is born, attracting many former Whigs and antislavery Democracy. Slide3

Republican Era1860-1932Slide4

Second EraThe republicans won 14 of the 18 elections, losing only in 1884,1892,1912, and 1916.Slide5

The civil war and the election of Abraham Lincoln were both marked the beginning of the 75 years of republican party supremacy. They were supported by business and financial interests, and by farmers, laborers, and newly freed African Americans.Slide6

The election of 1896 was critical for the development of the two-party system.The republicans nominated William McKinley for presidency in 1896

The election was a victory for the republicans.

The worst setback of the Republican Era was in 1912, when Republicans re nominated William Howard Taft. Also Former President Theodore Roosevelt denied the nomination of his party and left the republican party to become a part of the “Bull Moose” progressive party. Therefore traditional republican support was divided between Taft and Roosevelt. As a result The Democratic Nominee Woodrow Wilson was able to capture the presidency

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1932-1968 Basic Knowledge

From the Great Depression (1929) to the landmark presidential election of 1932 brought the democrats to power at a national level

This election marked a basic shift in the publics attitude towards the proper role of government in the nations social and economic life.

1932:The depression brings about a shift in the role of government and led by FDR thus causing return of Democrats to power.

FDR and the Democrats:Won the election of 1932 with the new electoral base that was built largely of southerners, small farmers. Organized labor and big city political organizations Franklin Roosevelt's revolutionary economic and social welfare programs further strengthened that coalition causing increasing support fro African Americans and other minority groupsThe stated election made the Democratic party the majority in American Politics a position that will be kept for the next 40 yearsSlide8

Franklin Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was put into power once again after the reelection of 1938 won again in 1940 and his fourth term in 1944 (during World War II)

Death was bestowed upon the beloved FDR in April of 1945

Harry S. Truman

Elected to a full term of his own in 1948 against his opponent Thomas E. Dewey of New YorkSlide9

Republicans Regain…

Republicans take back there spot in the White House in 1952 and kept it until 1956 with President Dwight Eisenhower Their return to power was brief HOWEVER Senator JFK recaptured the presidency for Democrats in 1960

This was done with a thin victory over the republican party's standard bearerPresident Kennedy was shot and killed in 1963, causing Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson to become president with a full term of his own in 1964 Slide10

Era of

Divided Government

Richard Nixon made a successful return to presidential politics 8 years after his narrow loss to JFK in the 1960.

Nixon defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey (the candidate of the democratic party) in 1968.Slide11

1968-PRESENTERA OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENTFrom this election on, neither party consistently holds the presidency and congress is often controlled by the opposing party.Over much of the past 40 years, Republicans (GOP) have lived in the White House and Democrats have controlled Capitol Hill. Slide12

In 1968 Nixon was elected president with a fairly democratic congress even though he’s republican. The Watergate scandal forced him out of office and Gerald Ford served the rest of his second term. Fed up with problems, Ford lost to Democrat Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter made a steadily worsening economy, political fallout from the Iranian hostage crisis, and revealed his own inability to be an effective president.Slide13

Republican AdvantageRepublicans won three straight elections after Jimmy CarterIn 1988 George H.W. Bush won presidency

Mr. Bush was done in by problems the plagued the nation’s economy He was then defeated by Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992

During Clinton’s presidency, the Republican- controlled congress mounted an unsuccessful attempt to impeach Clinton in his second term.

The Republicans did regain control when George W. Bush won presidencySlide14

Democratic AdvantageIn recent years, GOP suffered significant loss because of the dissatisfaction with several Bush administration policies and the Iraq war.The democrats regained control in both houses in the 2006 electionsIn 2008, Barack Obama won presidency and put the Democratic party in a position it hadn’t been in since 1994-when GOP took control of congress in the midst of Clinton’s first term.Slide15

Ideological PartiesSlide16

What are ideological parties?

Ideological parties are groups of people based on a particular set of beliefs-

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comprehensive view of social, economic, and political.

Ideological parties have seldom been able to win many votes. They have long-lived.Examples: Socialist, socialist labor, socialist worker, and communist parties. Slide17

Communist Party

A political

party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the

state.

By August 1919, only months after its founding, the Communist party had 60,000 members. Its constitution was first published in 1987. The constitution states the Communist Party USA is "the party of and for the U.S. working class."The party was concentrating on helping to build labor unions and improving workers' rights. They lobbied for higher wages, a national retirement program, and unemployment insurance.

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works to battle capitalism and the drive for maximum profits, because it believes the living standards of workers and the natural environment are under attack

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Information can be found http

://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Communist_party_(United_States).aspxSlide18

Single-Issue Parties

Single-issue parties concentrates on one public policy matter.

Free Soil Party: against the spread of slavery during the 1840s-1850s.

Martin Van Buren was the president of

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American Party “Know Nothings”: opposed Irish-Catholic immigration in the 1850s. Irish immigrated because of the Potato Famine

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Right to Life Party: oppose abortion today

This party had faded away because its failure to attract voters. Major parties claimed their issues as their own. Ex. Republicans and abortion. Slide20

Economic protest partiesAbe, menar, Mustafa, ahmedSlide21

What are economic protest parties?Parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied with current conditions and demanding better times.

Basically they are randomly developed political parties that aren’t sure about what they want but they know that times should be better than their current state.Slide22

The greenback party The party appealed to struggling farmers by calling for the free coinage of silver, federal regulation of the railroads, an income tax and labor legislation.

The party lasted from 1876 to 1884.Slide23

Populist party of the 1890’sThe populist party was a descendant of the greenback party.

It demanded public ownership of railroads, telephone and telegraph companies, lower tariffs, and the adoption of the initiative and referendum.Slide24

Splinter parties are those that have split away from one of the major parties.One of the most important minor party.Splinter Parties Slide25

Bull Moose Progressive Party

Originally called progressive party of 1912

Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt’s revolt against the Democratic and Republican

parties.

Bull Moose Party promotes a progressive agenda through objectivity and pragmatism in politics.Slide26

The green party founded in 1996.Began as a classic single-issue party.Became to prominence in 2000.In 2008, the green party nominated Cynthia McKinney.

The Green Party