Political Parties
Progressivism/Liberalism
Want positive change
Supports government intervention
Conservatism
Maintain traditional values
Support limited government intervention
Pre-Constitution
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalists supported the Constitution - Liberal
Anti-Federalists supported the Bill of Rights - Conservative
First Political Parties
Democratic-Republican (Republican) - Jefferson:
More South-dominated, cared about farmers
Isolationism
States rights supporter
Strict interpretation
No National Bank
France supporters
Federalists - Hamilton:
Not the same Federalists listed above
Not isolationist
Loose interpretation —> Necessary and Proper Clause
Want a National Bank
Britain supporters
Death of the Federalists
The War of 1812 - American “victory”
Hartford Convention
The Federalist meeting, coming up with potential new amendments to the Consitution because they’re whiny, threatened to have a Northern Secession
They seem unpatriotic
“Era of Good Feelings” - “Everyone is a Republican”
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams
National Republican and Liberal (new Federalist essentially, National because Federalists wanted a strong central government)
Andrew Jackson
Democrat (sided with the common man), Conservative
Corrupt Bargain prevents Jackson from winning
Backdoor deal between Henry Calhoun and John Quincy Adams
Election of 1828
Jackson wins
The Whig Party is created
Anti-Jackson Party
Both parties fight over the Second National Bank
Second National Bank dies because of Jackson
Pre-Civil War
Issue-Oriented Parties
Know-Nothing/American Party -
Anti-Immigration
Free-Soil Party
Wanted to stop the spread of slavery, however, they were not abolitionists
Main Political Parties
Democrats (South)
Cotton Whigs get absorbed into the Republican Party
Republicans (North) - Abraham Lincoln, won the 1860 election
Free-Soil Party gets absorbed into the Republican Party
Conscious Whigs get absorbed into the Republican Party
Whigs split because of disagreements with slavery
Conscious Whigs
Cotton Whigs
Reconstruction
Democrats are still conservative
Republicans are still progressive
Radical Republicans are extra progressive
The Gilded Age
Period of political and economic conservatism- Laissez-Faire
Democrats and Republicans = conservative
Populist Party forms because the main political parties are relatively similar
Mostly to voice the opinions of the working class and farmers
Didn’t win any elections
The Progressive Era
Period of political and economic progressivism
Teddy Roosevelt (R)
William Howard Taft (R)
Woodrow Wilson (D)
Roaring Twenties
Harding (1920)- “Return to Normalcy”
Return to conservatism
Republican party dominates
1929 - Kicks of Depressions
Boo Republicans
New Deal leads to Liberal Era (1932-1965)
Presidents of the Liberal Era - Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower was the lone Republican, however, he was quite moderate
1968 election - Nixon (R) wins
Nixon campaigns for the (silent majority)
Rise of Conservation (1980-2008)
Presidents in the Rise of Conservatism - Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, William Clinton, and George W. Bush
Clinton is the lone Republican
2008 - Obama - Tried to be a Real Progressive
Progressivism/Liberalism
Want positive change
Supports government intervention
Conservatism
Maintain traditional values
Support limited government intervention
Pre-Constitution
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalists supported the Constitution - Liberal
Anti-Federalists supported the Bill of Rights - Conservative
First Political Parties
Democratic-Republican (Republican) - Jefferson:
More South-dominated, cared about farmers
Isolationism
States rights supporter
Strict interpretation
No National Bank
France supporters
Federalists - Hamilton:
Not the same Federalists listed above
Not isolationist
Loose interpretation —> Necessary and Proper Clause
Want a National Bank
Britain supporters
Death of the Federalists
The War of 1812 - American “victory”
Hartford Convention
The Federalist meeting, coming up with potential new amendments to the Consitution because they’re whiny, threatened to have a Northern Secession
They seem unpatriotic
“Era of Good Feelings” - “Everyone is a Republican”
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams
National Republican and Liberal (new Federalist essentially, National because Federalists wanted a strong central government)
Andrew Jackson
Democrat (sided with the common man), Conservative
Corrupt Bargain prevents Jackson from winning
Backdoor deal between Henry Calhoun and John Quincy Adams
Election of 1828
Jackson wins
The Whig Party is created
Anti-Jackson Party
Both parties fight over the Second National Bank
Second National Bank dies because of Jackson
Pre-Civil War
Issue-Oriented Parties
Know-Nothing/American Party -
Anti-Immigration
Free-Soil Party
Wanted to stop the spread of slavery, however, they were not abolitionists
Main Political Parties
Democrats (South)
Cotton Whigs get absorbed into the Republican Party
Republicans (North) - Abraham Lincoln, won the 1860 election
Free-Soil Party gets absorbed into the Republican Party
Conscious Whigs get absorbed into the Republican Party
Whigs split because of disagreements with slavery
Conscious Whigs
Cotton Whigs
Reconstruction
Democrats are still conservative
Republicans are still progressive
Radical Republicans are extra progressive
The Gilded Age
Period of political and economic conservatism- Laissez-Faire
Democrats and Republicans = conservative
Populist Party forms because the main political parties are relatively similar
Mostly to voice the opinions of the working class and farmers
Didn’t win any elections
The Progressive Era
Period of political and economic progressivism
Teddy Roosevelt (R)
William Howard Taft (R)
Woodrow Wilson (D)
Roaring Twenties
Harding (1920)- “Return to Normalcy”
Return to conservatism
Republican party dominates
1929 - Kicks of Depressions
Boo Republicans
New Deal leads to Liberal Era (1932-1965)
Presidents of the Liberal Era - Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower was the lone Republican, however, he was quite moderate
1968 election - Nixon (R) wins
Nixon campaigns for the (silent majority)
Rise of Conservation (1980-2008)
Presidents in the Rise of Conservatism - Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, William Clinton, and George W. Bush
Clinton is the lone Republican
2008 - Obama - Tried to be a Real Progressive