soc study

Federalist Party

Jan 1, 1787

Norther bisonismen, banks,merchents were for this.
This is the first political party.
They believed it would make a stronger federal goverment.
Members of the Jefferson's group called themselovs Democratic-Repuvblican.

Americans Politics

Jan 1, 1820

life was being influenced by sharp differences of opinion between sections of the country.
The civil war began
The north wanted the goverment to do diffrent things

Jackson

Jan 1, 1828

In 1828, Andrew Jackson, was elected president
he was from Tennessee
Jackson changed his party from Democratic-Republican to Democratic

slavery

Jan 1, 1854

slavery overshadowed all political debate.
issue with the states rights
Debate over slavery and states' rights tore the parties apart.

Democrats

Jan 1, 1860

Southern Confederacy weakened the Democrats bering the civil war
Roosevelt Democrats thought that the federal government must actively help people who had been hurt by the Depression.

Republicans

Jan 1, 1861

For 50+years the Republicans were the major party.
In general, Republicans tend to oppose government programs