Pros And Cons Of The Third Party System

The era of the third party system 1856-1896, coalitions revolved around ethno cultural identifications rooted in the Civil War, according to Horger. Republicans established themselves as the “party of Lincoln” among African-American voters, and competed for white voters in parts of the region that had opposed secession and resented the pre-war power of the large planters (Horger, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: America's Love Affair with the Two-Party System). Democrats responded with beliefs in of white supremacy and, particularly in areas with substantial black populations, voter intimidation and manipulation. The third party system in the South was defined by the Republican attempt to enfranchise, and the Democratic attempt to suppress, African-American

men as voters. Democrats eventually won this battle, but not until the turn of the century.
The fourth political party system could have been seen as the consequence of the long, long tail of the Civil War than the third.

The Republicans dominated the former Union, except for urban areas in which effective Democratic machines organized working-class and immigrant voters. The fourth political party period contained one of the most memorable moment in American history – Theodore Roosevelt. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt created the split of the Republicans between 1910 and 1916. The split correlates with the period of Democratic political success. Roosevelt became President in 1901 after the assassination of former president William McKinley. In 1904, he was re-elected. In 1908, he sponsored the nomination of William Howard Taft as his successor. Roosevelt’s choose Taft as a successor based on the assumption that Taft was also a Progressive. By 1910, Roosevelt and his allies were convinced that they had made a mistake, causing Roosevelt re-enter in politics. The split cost the Republicans control of the House in 1910. Although the republicans had Roosevelt uproar, it did not realign national politics in the Democrats’ favor. Wilson narrowly won re-election in 1916, but he failed to clear 50% of the popular vote, and the Democrats nearly lost control of the House. In 1918, the Republicans regained Congress. In 1920, Warren Harding won the Republicans victor, and based in the regional isolation of the Democratic

Party.
The fifth political party system The fifth party system in 1932-1964, more known as the New Deal coalition, which was characterized by a new majority alignment within the Democratic Party generated by Franklin Roosevelt’s response to the international economic crisis. Roosevelt took office at the very bottom of the crisis. The American unemployment rate was 25% and the banking system was near to collapse. Roosevelt responded with a series of unprecedented Federal interventions in the private economy. New Deal legislation established multiple methods work relief, regulation of private capital markets, farm and real estate subsidies, regional economic planning, social security benefits and significant changes in Federal labor law which would favor union organizations. The political result of the New Deal of the Democratic coalition the Democrats gained a new demographic among urban, Catholic, immigrant, liberals who supported regulation of business and use of Federal resources on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged, and African-Americans.
The dynamics of the political parties changed, with new laws being implemented people changed their stance, when the ideologies of the policies shifted people changed the political party that they were associated with. The Republicans who were known as the liberals, are known as the conservatives, and the Democratic party which once known as the conservatives, are now known as the liberals. The political system may not be perfect but it changes gradually, which shows that the United Sates is an evolving society that is ready for change for the better.