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The First Party System
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Election of John Adams
The Election of 1796 John Adams is the first elected President with a political party. Adams brought the Federalists to the White House. -
Election of Thomas Jefferson
Election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson, the first Democratic-Republican, defeated John Adams for presidency. -
War of 1812
Background Info for War of 1812 The Federalists oppossed the War of 1812 because the United States had been losing the war for two years. Talks of secession were in the works for New England during this war. -
The Hartford Convention
History of the Hartford Convention At this Convention Federalists discussed proposals for ratification, New England's opposition to the war, and the possible secession of New England from the United States. These thoughts disgraced the Federalsits terribly. -
Death of the Federalists
The Federalists With the death of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the retirement of John Adams, the Federalists no longer had a strong leader. -
Election of John Q. Adams
Election of 1824 This election was split between Adams and Jackson who both had a large percent of the electoral vote. This election caused the Democatic-Republicans to become the Democrats. -
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Democrats vs. Whigs
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Election of Andrew Jackson
Election of 1828 The election of Andrew Jackson brought the newly formed Democrats to power after their split from Democratic-Republicans. -
Creation of the Whigs
The Whig Party To fight Jackson and the Democrats, the creation of the Whig Party occured. -
Election of Martin Van Buren
Election of 1836 Martin Van Buren had a realistic view on society. He said that a party can not please all people all the time and that a party needed an opposition. This oppostition soon came from the Whig party. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act This Act split Whig members. Northern Whigs and the Free Soil Party soon created the Republican Party. -
Creation of Republican Party
Birth of Republicans After 6 years, the Republican Party became the majority party in the US. -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Dred Scott Case The Supreme Court held that slaves could not be citizens and that former slaves could not be protected by the Constitution. This Supreme Court decision helped sharpen political divisions. -
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Two Republican Eras
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Election Abraham Lincoln
The Election of 1860 Lincoln brought the first set of Republicans to power. -
The Civil War
The Civil War The Civil War was a split between the Northern-Republicans and Southern-Democrats. -
Southern Democrats
Southern Democrats The south during the time of the Civil War was completely Democratic. The problems they had came from divisions in Democratic views. -
The Progressive Era
The Progressives The Progressives split the Republican Party into two and allowed for the Democrat party to gain control of presidency soon after.
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Election of William McKinley
The Election of 1896 This election gains Republican control of the White House until 1912 when Woodrow Wilson served for two terms. -
Election of Herbert Hoover
The Election of 1928 Hoover is the last Republican of this era. He lost because he could not control the Great Depression. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash This ends the 1920's and also the end of the Republican Party. Herbert Hoover could not control the Depression and FDR soon brought the Democrats to power. -
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New Deal Era
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The Election of FDR
The Great FDR FDR brought about the beginning of democratic power for 30 years and created the New Deal coalition. -
New Deal
The New Deal The New Deal was formed under the presidency of FDR to give relief, reform, and recovery during the Great Depression. -
Election of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D Eisenhower With the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republicans took over after many years of Democratic rule. -
Election of John F. Kennedy
The Great JFK After only a term of Republican rule, the Democrats took control again in the election of John F. Kennedy. -
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Divded Party Government
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Election of Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon This election brought the Republicans into office again. Also, this was the first elected president whose party did not control both houses of Congress. Richard Nixon was also the first president to resign due to the Watergate scandal. -
Election of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton When the democrat Bill Clinton took office, he briefly restored united party government until the Republicans won both houses of Congress in 1994. -
Election of George W. Bush
George Bush Heavily disputed election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, but in the end led to a brief period of Republican control in the White House with the election of George W. Bush. -
9/11
September 11, 2001 September 11 consisted of a series of attacks on the U.S. by Al-Qaeda, which skyrocketed Bush's approval rating as well as his parties overall approval rating. -
Election of Barack Obama
Barack Obama The election of Barack Obama brought the Democratics back into the White House.
