Two Party System in the United States

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  • Birth of Anti-Federalist

    Birth of Anti-Federalist

    They opposed the ratification of the constitution.
  • Birth of Federalist Party

    Birth of Federalist Party

    Before they were officially a party, the Federalist helped encourage the ratification of the Constitution in 1788.
  • Emergence of Democratic-Republican Party

    Emergence of Democratic-Republican Party

    This party believed in states rights, and that the government should only be able to strictly follow the constitution and nothing outside of it.
  • Split of the Democratic-Republicans

    Split of the Democratic-Republicans

    This party divided over questions on the power of the federal and state government.
  • Start of Jacksonian Democrats

    Start of Jacksonian Democrats

    Party derived from supporters of Andrew Jackson and his ideologies.
  • Modern Democrats

    Modern Democrats

    Started by Martin Van Buren, the Democrats believe in equal opportunity rather than freedom.
  • Modern Republicans

    Modern Republicans

    The Republican party started by Whigs such as Zachariah. The main belief of the Republican party is freedom over being equal.

  • The Party of Lincoln Is Created( Republicans)

    Abraham Lincoln created a party that believed that the government's job was to do what a community of people could not do for themselves.
  • Birth of Roosevelt Democrats

    Birth of Roosevelt Democrats

    The Roosevelt Democrats were started to get the US out of the Great Depression.