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The Republican Party led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
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Economic growth and rapid territorial expansion caused the Republican
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The Republican Party was a minor political organization. It was created in New York in June 1843. it had a protest against immigrant voters and officeholders.
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official party convention was held on july 6, 1854.
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it started on 1854 by those who were against extension of slavery.
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44 Republicans were elected in 1854 to the senate and various state houses
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In 1856 the repubicans split the party, and formed the Radical democracy party. The group choose John C Fremont as presdential candidate.
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From 1860 to 1912, the Republicans took advanatge of the with the "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion.
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In the election of 1864 a majority of Republicans united with democrats to nominate Lincoln to the National Union Party ticket.
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German Americans, who broke ranks in 1890-1892, handing power to the Democrats
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by 1890 the Republicans had agreed to the Sherman Antitrust act and the interstate commerce commission in response to complaints from owners of small businesses and farmers
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Democrats were blamed for the severe economic depression in 1893-1897. and the violent coal and railroad strikes in 1894.
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Theodore Roosevelt, who became president in 1901, had the most dynamic personality of the era in the nation
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The first woman elected to congress was a Republican, Jeanette Rankin from montana in 1917.
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Prohibition debates and referendums heated up politics in most states over a period of decade
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african americans started moving toward Roosevelt. By 1940 the majority of northern blacks were voting Democratic.
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there was a debate within the GOP about support for Britain in World War II.
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Reagan won nearly 60 percent of the popular vote and carried every state except his Democratic opponent Walter Mondale