Chapter 1 Question 1, summary !

CHAPTER 1 (pg 13-25)



1.What Have been the five “Major” Parties in American Party history and what time span does each party cover?

1. The Federalist Party, 1788-1816.
2. The Democratic-Republican Party, 1800-1832.
3. The Democratic Party, 1832- Present
4. The Whig Party, 1832-1854.
5. The Republican Party, 1854-Present

[[Summary of each of the parties]]

1. Federalist—
-They were the champions of a strong national government, it was the first American political institution to resemble a political party.
- It wasn’t a full fledged party
- It was mostly strong in the North East and the Atlantic Seaboard.
- Attracted support of merchants, landowners, and established families of wealth and status.
- it fell because of the Democratic-Republican Party

2. The Democratic- Republican Party----
- The leaders were strong proponents of the Constitution
- opposed the extreme nationalism of the federalists.
- Party of the small farmers, workers, and less privileged
-People in this party favored authority of the states
- Like it’s leaders Thomas Jefferson, had many ideals of the French revolution.
- They favor , Direct popular self- government.

3. Democratic Party-
- They grew out of the Jacksonian wing of the Democratic-Republican Party!
- Popular Party in the United States.
- It opposes business-friendly policies as national banking and high tariffs
- Welcomed new immigrants and opposed nativist sentiment.

4. The Whip Party-
- This party had roots in the old Jeffersonian party.
- Henry Clay and Daniel Webster stood for legislative supremacy and protested the strong presidency of Andrew Jackson.
- Had a short life
- had man interests , nativism, property, and business and commerce.

5. The Republican Party-
- Born as the Civil War Approached
- Opposed slavery
- Party of the Union
- It inherited the concern for business from the Whigs!