How The U.S. Developed Into a Two-Party System

By agabbys

  • Anti-Federalists and Federalists

    Federalists supported the views of the constitution, Anti federalists did not.

  • Democratic- Republican party

    weak central government and strong farming communities.

  • Thomas Jefferson elected president

    Thomas Jefferson lead in Democratic domination that lasted until civil war.

  • Jacksonian Democrats

    President Andrew Jackson's democratic party (Jacksonian Democrats)included farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders

  • Republican Party

    Republican party is created, attracting antislavery democrats and former Whigs.

  • The Party of Lincoln

    election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of Civil War mark the beginning of 75 years of Republican Party Supremacy.

  • Roosevelt Democrats

    The Great Depression brings about of shift in the role of government and, led by FDR, a return of democratic power.

  • Modern Democrats and Republicans

    1968-Today neither party consistently holds the presidency, and Congress is often controlled by the opposing party.