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The people that supported the ratification of the constitution and a strong central government.
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The people who opposed the ratification of the constitution and a strong central government
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Thomas Jefferson is elected President ushering in an era of democratic domination that lasted till the civil war.
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President Andrew Jackson's Democratic party includes small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders.
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The party attracts many former whigs and antislavery Democrats
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The election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the civil war mark the beginning of 75 years of Republican Party supremacy
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The depression brings about a shift in the role of government and, led by FDR, a return of the democrats to power
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From this election on, neither party consistently holds the presidency and congress is often controlled by the opposing party