Lecture 4: History of American Political Parties

Entity represented by the donkey in the mentioned cartoon

New York Herald

President who was nominally a Federalist but disliked party labels

George Washington

Party formed by the anti-federalists

Democratic-Republican Party

Main leader of the Democratic-Republican party

Thomas Jefferson

Year the Federalist party essentially disappeared

1816

Party name Andrew Jackson adopted after his 1828 victory

Democratic Party

Party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his "monarchist" tendencies

Whig Party

Specific issue that caused the Whig Party to split in the 1850s

Slavery

Party that the Republican Party merged with during its formation

Free Soil Party

Party considered the 'Party of Lincoln' after the Civil War

Republican Party

President who was a member of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party

Teddy Roosevelt

Individual blamed for the Great Depression

Herbert Hoover

Coalition that held Democrats in power until 1968

New Deal Coalition

Reason Southern whites initially aligned with the Democratic Party

They opposed the Party of Lincoln

Group that started voting Democratic after disappointment with Herbert Hoover

Racial minorities

Issue represented by 1948 third-party candidate Strom Thurmond

States' rights

Election that cemented the Republican Party as the conservative party

1964

Text's description of the 'Era of Good Feelings'

A misnomer

Type of party the Federalists were compared to the Democratic-Republicans

Big government

Meaning of 'free soil' in the context of the new Republican party platform

New states must be free sta