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The Democratic-Republican party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. But it was founded on the libertarian principle of limited government
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison founded the Democratic-Republican
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The first official Democratic party president too office, Andrew Jackson.
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The first official Democratic Party president, Andrew Jackson, took office.
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Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing the Native American tribes further West.
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President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law. Under this act, Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi were rounded up and marched to camps farther west.
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The Democratic party adopted the doctrine of manifest destiny, idea that Americans had the god given right to take over land.
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The Democratic Party adopted the doctrine of manifest destiny: the idea that white Americans were divinely entitled to dominate the North American continent.
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The Democratic party platform strongly defended slavery.
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The Democratic-controlled Supreme Court approved the dreaded Dred Scott Decision, which declared that black Americans were not people but property and they had no rights.
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The Democrat-controlled Supreme Court approved the dreaded Dred Scott Decision, which declared that black Americans were “not persons but property” and therefore had no rights.
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The confederate flag was created by the Democratic Party
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A Republican controlled congress enacted the 13th amendment, banning slavery
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Woodrow Wilson was elected president.
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Wilson established the first ever progressive income tax, Wilson pushed for bigger government.
