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Federalists were led by Alexander Hamilton. They believed in a strong federal government. Democratic-Republicans were led by Thomas Jerfferson. They wanted a strong state government.
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Power went from Federalists to Democratic Republicans
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Conservatives were the Democratic Republicans, and the liberals were the federalists.
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Federalsits lost popularity for their refusal to support the War of 1812.
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Time period when only one party had influence in politics. This marked the end of the First Party System.
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Democratic-Republicans split into Democrats and Whigs
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Second Party System saw a split of the Democratic-Republican Party into the Jacksonian Democrats, who grew into the modern Democratic Party, led by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, led by Henry Clay.
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The Democrats supported the primacy of the Presidency over the other branches of government, and opposed the Bank of the United States as well as modernizing programs that they felt would build up industry at the expense of the taxpayer. The Whigs, on the other hand, advocated the primacy of Congress over the executive branch as well as policies of modernization and economic protectionism. Central political battles of this era were the Bank War and the Spoils system of federal patronage.
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Emergence of the anti-slavery Republican Party, which adopted many of the economic policies of the Whigs. Democrats were conservative, republicans liberal.
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Lincoln's election marked rise of Republican party, who were more liberal because they wanted a big government.
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Beginning of Progressive Era with election of McKinley.
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The stock-market crash of 1929, and the Depression, was a national trauma that spilt and once again realigned America’s political parties. Republicans took a laissez-faire approach to the economic depression, giving a free hand to business and saying that legislation could not cure America’s economic woes. Democrats took a hands-on approach, demanding government intervention.
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FDR won, which started an increase in the federal governments power.
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President Roosevelt implemented many programs that made the national government more powerful.Set a precedent for the democratic party.
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Democrats gain power, forcing Republicans to become the Moderate Party. http://truthalliance.net/Portals/0/Archive/images/news/2012/07/9326220-the-democrat-and-republican-symbols-of-a-donkey-and-elephant-facing-off.jpg
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In my opinion, 2016 will be a critical election. The GOP will lose again, and they will have to come more center in order to compete in the socialistic society we are entering.
