Political Parties From 1800 to Today

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  • Thomas Jefferson is elected president

    This ushers in an era of democratic domination that lasted until the Civil War
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    Era Of Democrats

  • President Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party

    includes small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders

  • The Republican Party is born

    this attracts many former whigs and antislavery democrats

  • The Election of Abraham Lincoln

    The start of the Civil War marks the beginning of 75 years of Republican Party Supremacy
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    Era of Republicans

  • The Great Depression and FDR

    The Depression brings about a shift in the role of the government and, led by FDR, a return of the Democrats to power
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    Era of Democrats

  • 1968 Election

    From the 1968 election on, neither party consistently holds the presidency and Congress is often controlled by the opposing party.
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    End of Divided Government