The Creation Of Parties Dbq

Creation of Parties (1789-1816)
The period of The Creation of Parties began in the year of 1789. This time period was around the time when the Constitution was up for ratification. People who were for the the Constitution and a strong central government were call the Federalists. On the opposing side, there were the Anti-Federalists or the Republicans/ Democratic-Republicans. This party was strongly against the Constitution because they fear that it gave too much power to the central government which may possibly lead to tyranny. The Republicans mainly represented the farmers and many of the farmers feared that the central government would increase manufacturing and decrease their agriculture business. Due to that reason, they prefer strong

state rights over a strong central government. On the other hand, Federalists wanted to increase their economy by having ties with Great Britain. With this belief, many Federalists were merchants and business men. During this time, George Washington wrote a farewell address that addressed three main concern of the future of America. Among one of them, he warned the nation of the danger of factions/parties. He believed that the parties would threaten the nation’s unity ad harm the nation’s future.

The Era of One-Party Rule/Personal Politics/ Era of Good Feelings (1816-1828)
The Era of One-Party Rule was the era during the presidency of James Monroe. It began in 1800 and ended in 1820. During this era, the only party that was dominant and was active is the Republican party. By 1816, the Federalist Party vanished and was left with one party, the Republican. Therefore, without any party(s) to go against the Republicans, it was also known as the Era of Good Feelings. Even though the Republicans were the Anti-Federalists and were against a strong central government, many Republicans helped made the central government stronger. For example, during this era, the national bank was established and many policies was made to made the central government stronger. Eventually, this era ended once a strong opposing party was formed, the Democratic party.

Period of Andrew Jackson’s presidency to Pre-Civil War (1828-1860)
The period of Andrew Jackson’s presidency was when two-party politics returned. The two parties that existed during this time was the Democratic Party and Whig Party. The Democratic Party was created by citizens who were pro-Andrew Jackson. They favored the ideas of slavery and personal liberty for white males. On the other side was the Whig Party. The Whig Party were a faction of the Republican party (National Republican) that created their own party due to conflict within the Republican party. They believed that the federal governments should focus more on internal improvements within the country. During this era, the parties were more active than ever. They did mass campaigning, parades, rallies, and anything to get attention from voters. They also pushed for voters to identify with a party and swear loyalty. This eventually came to an end when the Northern and Southern states had different beliefs over slavery.

Civil War and post-Civil War period (1860-1896)
During this era, the Civil War broke out between the Northern and Southern states.

This also caused a split between both parties. Among both of the parties, the Whigs were the first to separate. The split was between the Northern and Southern Whigs. The Northern Whigs believed in a strong central government while the Southern Whigs feared that a strong central government would free the slaves. Therefore, the North was more of anti-slavery and the South was pro-slavery. The Democrats also split into anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups. Eventually, the anti-slavery Democrats and Northern Whigs and radical anti-slavery Free Soil Party came together to form the modern day Republican party. With the ending of the Civil War, the Republicans (North) beated the Democrats (South). Even though peace was restored, there was still conflict between the Republican and Democrats. The Democrats feared that the Republicans would use the central government to force religious moral values within society. At the end of this era, both of the party reached an equal strength of power. Even so, the Republicans started to gain more power that begins the next

era.
The Republican Ascendancy and the Progressive Period (1896-1932)
The Republican Ascendancy and the Progressive Period lasted from 1896 to 1932.

During this period, of the 10 president, seven of them were Republican. This period was when the Democrats were weakening and the Republican started to gain dominance. In this time period, many believe that the government could help the economy and society effectively. This was called progressivism. During this period, significant third party arose, the Progressive or “Bull Moose”. The candidate for this party was former president Theodore Roosevelt. The Progressive party was focused on my social reform such as the woman suffrage. Even though Roosevelt did not win the election, the Republicans stated in office up until 1932 when the Great Depression hit

America.
New Deal period (1932-1968)
The New Deal period started during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency. Roosevelt entered his presidency during the Great Depression and had a lot to do to improve the economic. Roosevelt then established the New Deal relief program that has four purpose to it: to help the economy recover, form new job, improve public work, and create civil uplift. This relief program was available for all people, black and white. Therefore, making the Democratic favorable among African Americans. The Democratic ascendancy lasted up until the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1968. Even so, the New Deal program effectively helped the economy up until the end of World War II.
Modern Period/ Divided Government (1968-present)
Once the New Deal era ended, there were hostility between the white and African Americans. This eventually lead to the civil rights movement and many riots against the Vietnam War. Since the end of the Democracy ascendancy in 1968, the divided government began. Neither party dominated the government. There were few occasions in which one party did dominate for a small amount of time, but most of the time, one party rule one part of the government the the other party rule in another part of the government. For example, during Democratic Bill Clinton’s presidency, the Congress was mainly occupied by Republicans. The government was divided, a democratic president and a republican Congress. This has been happening since 1968 and would probably for the next few decades.