Political Parties 1780's-1980's

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  • Anti Federalists and the Federalists

    Anti-Federalists: Oppose Constitution promote Bill of Rights
    Federalists: Promote Constitution
  • Period: to

    Political Parties

    The transition of the major political parties throughout American history.

  • Democratic Republicans and Federalists

    Democrat Republicans: Strict constructionalism
    Federalists: Implied powers and broad interpretation of the U.S. Consitution

  • Democrats and National Republicans

    Democrats: Anti-Bank, against the concentration of government powers
    National Republicans: "American system," believe in internal improvements

  • Whigs

    Whigs: Anti-Jackson

  • Confederacy and Republicans

    Confederacy: South
    Republicans: North

  • Northern Democrats

    Northern Democrats: Southern sympathizers

  • Re-emergence of Democrat

    Northern Northern Democrats and Confederacy converged

  • Democrat

    Emergence of "modern" Democratic party

  • Republican

    Republican: "Modern" Republican party emerges from the Reagan Revolution