Government-Chap 4-Module 1

Part 1:

Political Party Eras

• Different political parties
• The first political parties:
• Democratic-Republican:
• Create by Jefferson
• Congress should dominate the central government
• "Equal rights for all, special privileges for none
• Got support from agricultural areas
• Dominated the government from Jefferson's presidency to the civil war
  

• Federalist:
• Create by Hamilton
• Strong federal government
• Dominated urban areas in the north
  

• Democratic party:
• Came from th democratic republican
• Jackson was one
• No strong central government
• National bank
• Elitism

• Whig:
• Led by Webster and Cly
• Supported by eastern planters
• Defends constitutional federal authority and high protective tariff
• Disappeared after a while

• Republican:
• Lincoln: Marked the start of main power until great depression

• Progressive:
• 1900's
• stock market crashes and great depression led to America realigning parties
• Strong view on finding depression solutions
• Republicans thought to let it fix itself
• Reunited the North and South democrats
• Led by Roosevelt
• Democrats held power until 1968

• Now only the Democratic and Republican parties have the main support o the country and government
  

Part 2:
-Always two parties dominate
~Occasionally a third comes up
~Founded by single issue or extreme ideology or from splintering off main parties
~ The strongest third parties have an innovative platform, new ideas, can get issues that get accepted by the major parties
~Limited by design of electoral college
~everywhere but Kentucky and Maine the candidate with popular vote gets all electoral votes
~Requires cash to funding
Eligibility for Federal Subsidies:
~Party has to be on ballot
~5% of all votes into last election
~Can effect voting by getting votes away from candidates, leaving the road open for others

TERMS TO KNOW

Democratic-Republican party: 1776-1824, members supported legislation that helped the common man and were proponents of strong state governments
Democratic Party: Originated from the Demo-Repub. party. Jackson was an early party leader and changed the name of the party
Federalist Party: 1796-1824; members were wealthy men. Supported a strong central government. Hamilton was a strong supporter
Political party: Anthony Downs "A team of men seeking to control the government apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted election
Progressive Party: Formed during the 1900s. Factions of major parties that were opposed to extreme conservatism and concentrated on making America a more democratic society.
Republican Party: Major political party. Formed curing 19503. Original members were former Whigs.
Whig Party: 1828-1856; led by Daniel Webster and Henry lay were leaders. Members were opposed to Jaksonian democracy and dedicated to defending federal authority. Slavery split the party in half
Third Parties: Electoral contenders other than the two major parties. Third parties can influence elections, thought the rarely win