Topics: United States : Political Parties
Sites relating to the history of political parties.
Bull Moose Party
Information about the movement led by Teddy Roosevelt in the nineteen-teens.
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Democratic Party
Sites relating to the history of what is now the Democratic Party but has previously been known as the National Repbulican and Democratic-Republican party.
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Federalist Party
During the post-Revolutionary era, advocates of a stronger central government for the newly independent United States adopted the name "Federalists," after The Federalist Papers which argued for the adoption of the Constitution of 1787 to supersede the Articles of Confederation.
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Know-Nothings
The "Know-Nothings" is a name applied to an anti-Catholic, nativist movement of the mid-nineteenth century United States.
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Republican Party
Sites relating to the party's history from its orgins as an anti-slavery party to its current status as the standard-bearer of conservativism.
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Whig Party
An American party of the early 1800s in the Hamiltonian tradition, advocating protective tariffs and internal improvements to promote national development.
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