Political Parties
George Washington warned against their formation
| Name | Federalists |
Democrat Republican Party Also called the Republican Party but not the forerunner of today's Republican Party. It later became the present day Democratic Party |
National Republicans later became the Whigs
Not forerunners of today's Republican Party |
Whigs | Republicans also called the G.O.P. (Grand Old Party) |
Free Soil Party | Democrats | |
| Year formed | about 1790 broke up about 1816 |
about 1790 | about 1825 | about 1832 | 1854 | 1848 | either in 1790 with Thomas Jefferson or in 1828 with Jackson | |
| Democrats | ||||||||
| Famous People | Hamilton | Jefferson Madison Monroe |
Henry Clay | Abraham Lincoln | ||||
| John Adams | John Q. Adams | Harrison Taylor |
Jackson Van Buren | |||||
| Daniel Webster | ||||||||
| Harrison | ||||||||
| Zachary Taylor | ||||||||
| Tenets | Strong Central government | Strict interpretation of the Constitution | Split from Democrat Republicans | supported J. Q. Adams Opposed Jackson |
Included former National Republicans opposed Jackson |
Opposed the Kansas Nebraska Act | Opposed the spread of slavery | split with the old Republican Party. Opposed J.Q. Adams |
Were anti-federalists Preserve rights of states and indeiindividuals Called for a Bill of Rights for the Constitution |
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| eventually split into two parties: the National republicans or Whigs and the Democrats of today., | ||||||||
Find two sources on the Internet which state the main beliefs of each of the two major political parties of today .
Write two paragraphs explaining the beliefs of each party.
Write a third paragrpah explaining which party you agree with more and explain why.
Develop these three paragraphs into a 5 steps essay.
Give the URL's for the sources you used.
This assignment is worth 60 points.