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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 -
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Era of Divided Government
Neither party was consistent in the presidency -
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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