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Tuesday 10/22

1.        For each of the parties listed below, identify the 1-the party’s major beliefs 2-the groups that generally supported the party. 

Origins  (to 1800)

Antifederalists: Wanted individual rights and didn't want the National Government to have too much power. Opposed the ratification of the Constitution. Farmers and very rural people supported it some.

Federlaists: Wanted the Constitution to be ratified. Wanted a loose government all around, but the Constitution to enforce rights

1800-1860

Democrats:  Voting rights for all white males, a huge increase in the number of elected offices around the country, and the spread of the spoils system. Small farmers, debtors, frontier pioneers, and slaveholders were the main ones.

Whigs: Opposed to the tenets of Jacksonian democracy and strongly supported a high tariff. Bankers, merchants, and industrialists were the main supporters.

1860-1932

Democrats: Opposed sectionalism and helped pushed the nation's party politics back toward the economic arena. Businesses were heavy supporters

Republicans: Rights for African Americans and farmers, laborers, and newly freed African Americans.

                                                                                                                                                          

1932-1968

Democrats: Restoring the nation's economic and social life. Southerners, farmers, and big-city political organizations support it

Republicans: Restoring the nation's economic and social life. Northerners and manufacturers supported it completely.