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Federalists
- formed around Alexander Hamilton
- the party of "the rich and the well-born"
- worked to create a stronger national government
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Anti-Federalists
- led by Thomas Jefferson
- sympathetic to "the common man"
- favored a very limited role for the new government created by the constitution
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Democratic-Republicans
- built by Jefferson and Madison
- won control of both houses of Congress
- Jefferson won the 1800 election
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Jacksonian Democrats
- led by President Andrew Jackson
- included small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders
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The Party of Lincoln (Republicans)
- the election of Lincoln and the start of the Civil War mark as the beginning of 75 years of Republican Party supremacy
- supported by business and financial interests
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Roosevelt Democrats
- the depression brings about a shift in government and, led by FDR, and a return of Democratic power
- FDR's economic and social welfare strengthened the party
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Modern Republicans
- The GOP supports lower taxes, free market capitalism, a strong national defense, gun rights, pro-life, deregulation and restrictions on labor unions.
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Modern Democrats
- Democrats tend to take a more liberal stand on important issues
- they believe that the federal government should take a more active role in people's lives, particularly those who are in need
