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Federalists
Party of the rich and well-born. Favored the federal system. -
Anti-Federalists
Led by Thomas Jefferson. Believed in a strict constructionist view of the Constitution. -
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Political Party
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Democratic-Republicans
Unopposed in government until the 1820s. They were what used to be known as the Anti-Federalists. -
Jacksonians
Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party that includes small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders. -
Republicans
The civil war crippled the Democrats, so the Republicans were left to run the country for the next 75 years. -
Roosevelt Democrats
Franklin Roosevelt was elected president. The party focused on social welfare and economic programs. -
Modern Democrats
Liberal, favor minimum wage, progressive taxation, decrease military spending, support for abortion, and social responsibility -
Modern Republicans
Advocate the theory of supply side economics