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Democratic Party was found
The Democratic Party evolved from Anti-Federalist factions that opposed the fiscal policies of Alexander Hamilton in the early 1790s.The party favored states' rights and strict adherence to the Constitution; it opposed a national bank and wealthy, moneyed interests -
Founders of the Democratic Party
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson -
What was going on?
Fight for the bill of rights and against the elitist federalist party -
Important Issues
Civil War, Reconstruction and gilded age -
Number of memebers
435 -
Fundamental Value of the party
value of being and walfare..
value of knowledge
value of reasoning understanding -
Influential Leaders
Sam Rayburn, Barack Obama, James Madison Thomas Jefferson. -
1900s issues
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., known during the 1950s and 1960s as a champion of "Vital Center" ideology and the policies of Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy, wrote a 1992 book, The Disuniting of America critical of multiculturalism.[8] Jerry Brown, meanwhile, would adopt the flat tax as a core issue during the 1992 Democratic primaries. Bill Clinton, the winner of the 1992 Democratic nomination, ran as a New Democrat and a member of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, distancing himself fr -
Problems Today
We come together at a defining moment in the history of our nation –- the nation that led the 20th century, built a thriving middle class, defeated fascism and communism, and provided bountiful opportunity to many. -
Who started it.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison -
Main concerns of the party
Too much emaphasis on moderate and liberal democrats.
Death penalty.
