Political Participation

By Christinarod

  • Era of Democrats

    -Thomas Jefferson was elected and democratic lasted till civil war.
    -Democrats were afraid the republicans would give African Americans more rights and thus the democrats

  • Anti-Federalists

    -federalists were the party of the rich and well-born
    -Jefferson's followers were more sympathetic to the common
    -later became known as the Jeffersonian Republican or Democratic- Republican finally democratic

  • era of republican

    the republican party is created

  • Republican President

    Nominated their first president, then they elected their first president, Abraham Lincoln

  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression hit and the political landscape had to change. Franklin Roosevelt was a democratic president
  • Period: to

    Era of Divided Government

    Neither party was consistent in the presidency
  • Period: to

    Modern Democrats

    -liberal-open to change
    -favor minimum wage and progressive taxation
    -decrease military spending
    -believe in community and that people should be socially responsible
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    Modern Republican

    -increase in military spending
    -not open to change