Tuesday 10/22
1. For each of the parties listed below, identify the 1-the party’s major beliefs 2-the groups that generally supported the party.
Origins (to 1800)
Antifederalists: ____ refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the Constitution of 1787___________________________________________________________
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Federlaists: __is an organization of conservative and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system_____________________________________________________________
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1800-1860
Democrats: _____Started with Thomas Jefferson's election in 1800. Supported by federalists who favored Big business and Big government__________________________________________________________
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Whigs: ____________The whig party was a political party active in the early 19th century in the United States. the Whigs supported the supremacy of Congress over the Presidency and favored a program of modernization and economic protectionism___________________________________________________
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1860-1932
Democrats: ____________the Democrats occupied the White House for a scant 16 years. (The terms of Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson.)___________________________________________________
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Republicans: _____Supported by business, financial interest, farmers, laborers, and newly freed blacks.__________________________________________________________
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1932-1968
Democrats: _______________________________________________________________
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Republicans: ___________The Great Depression occurred with the Republicans in power. As a result, it wiped the party out. This did not necessarily mean the Republicans would end up in their own wilderness for a couple generations. However, the rise of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Dealers created a new national consensus____________________________________________________
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