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They favored strong state governments, a weak central government, the direct election of government officials. -
They favored weaker state governments, strong centralized government. -
This political party prefers strict interpretation of the Constitution and emphasizes state rights. -
The Democratic-Republicans splintered during the 1824 presidential election. The majority faction of the Democratic-Republicans eventually coalesced into the modern Democratic Party. -
This movement had greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation.
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The New Deal coalition was an American political coalition that supported the Democratic Party beginning in 1932. -
The party's fiscal conservatism includes support for lower taxes, free market capitalism, deregulation of corporations, and restrictions on labor unions. -
Republican Party emerged to combat the expansion of slavery into American territories after the passing of the Kansas–Nebraska Act