American Government Chapter 5 Section 3
Federalists Alexander Hamilton Party Of “The Rich And Well-Born” Worked Towards A Stronger National Government
Anti-Federalists Thomas Jefferson Jeffersonian Republicans to Democratic Republicans to Democrats Favored A Limited Role For The National Government
Era Of The Democrats Dominated Wide-Spread Universal Male Suffrage And Spoils System Opposition Was The Whigs Of Daniel Webster And Henry Clay
Era Of The Republicans Party Rises From The Ashes Of The Whigs In 1854 Support Business And Financial Interests Democrats Maintain Hold On “Solid South”
Return Of The Democrats Helped By Failure Of Republican Fiscal Policies Of Great Depression Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wins Four Terms Power Kept By Political Machines
The New Era Aftermath Of Watergate, Vietnam, Social Unrest Inflation, Hostage Crisis End Carter Presidency Whitewater Investigation Brings Republican Congress At Clinton Presidency Midterm Elections, And Impeachment Proceedings Iraq War Brings Democratic Congress At Bush 43 Midterm Elections