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Federalists
The people that supported the ratification of the constitution and a strong central government. -
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Anti- Federalist
The people who opposed the ratification of the constitution and a strong central government -
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Democratic-Republicans
Thomas Jefferson is elected President ushering in an era of democratic domination that lasted till the civil war. -
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Jacksonian Democrats
President Andrew Jackson's Democratic party includes small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders. -
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Birth of the Republican Party
The party attracts many former whigs and antislavery Democrats -
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Era of Republicans
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The Party of Lincoln
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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Era of the Democrats
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Roosevelt Democrats
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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Era of Divided government
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Modern Republican and Modern Democrats
From this election on, neither party consistently holds the presidency and congress is often controlled by the opposing party