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Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist (1797-1798)
Federalist:
-Supported Constitution
-Wealthy and educated should hold all power
-Supported by "Federalist Papers"
-George Washington, John Adams, James Madison vs. Anti-Federalist:
-Opposed Constitution
-Common, uneducated person should have most power in government
-Patrick Henry, George Mason -
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Political Parties
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Democratic-Republican Party (1799-1828)
-Agrarian-based, decentralized, democratic government
-Established to oppose the Federalists
-Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson -
National Republican Party (1824-1833)
-Nationally financed internal improvements and a protective tariff, which would promote faster economic development
-Wanted to build up the Nation's Defense
-James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams -
Anti-Mason Party (1828-1838)
-First "third-party" in the US
-It strongly opposed Freemasonry as a single-issue party
-James Anderson, John the Baptist, Thomas Smith Webb -
Democratic Party (1828-present)
-Liberal, pro-business ideas
-Social and economic equality
-Want more government involvement
-Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton -
Whig Party (1832-1860)
-Republican party changed their name and adopted the ideas of the British liberal party
-Favored reform
-William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, Zachary Taylor, John Tyler -
Know Nothing Party (American Party) (1845-1860)
-Split from the Whig Party
-Originated from Irish immigrants who wanted to "purify" politics by going against the Irish Catholic church
-Empowered by fear of government being taken over by German and Irish immigrants
-Lewis Charles Levin, Millard Fillmore, -
Free Soil Party (1848-1854)
-The anti-slavery faction of the Whig Party
-Third party and single-issue party (slavery)
-Opposed slavery and tried to limit the spread of it
-Martin Van Buren, Charles Francis Adams -
Northern Democrat Party (1850s-1860s)
-Opposed the idea of slavey and the expansion
-Split from the Southern Democrat party during the 1860 election
-Stephen A. Douglas -
Radical Republicans (1854-1877)
-Strongly opposed slavery
-Wanted Rights for freedmen
-Ulysses S. Grant, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens -
Conservative Republican (1854-present)
-Formed to go against the Kansas-Nebraska act
-Founded by ex-whigs and ex-free soilers
-Andrew Johnson -
Southern Democrats (1850s-1860s)
-Wanted to keep slavery
-Started a national divide between the North and the South
-Jefferson Davis, John R. Edwards, D. Robert Graham -
National Union Party (1864-1868)
-Furthered believes of national interests above individual interests and states' rights
-Opposition of the expansion of slavery
-Eventually merged into Republican Party
-Abraham Lincoln -
Populists Party (1891-1908)
-Known as the "Peoples' Party" because it wanted to represent the average person against the rich, higher-up persons
-Highly critical of capitalism, and allied itself with labor workers
-James B. Weaver, William Jennings Bryan, Thomas E. Watson -
Progressive Party (Blue Moose Party) (1912-1916)
-Third party
-Took advanced positions on progressive reforms, and attracting some leading reformers
-Nicknamed the Bull Moose Party after journalists quoted Roosevelt saying that he felt "fit as a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed
-Theodore Roosevelt
