The Republican Party: The Story of the Grand Old PartyCapstone, 2007 - 96 páginas In the 1850s, tension over the issue of slavery was splitting the United States and fracturing the political parties. Out of the wreckage of the old party system, the Republican Party took shape. The Republicans stood firmly against the further spread of slavery and pushed for new laws to build the American economy. Though their first candidate for president lost the election of 1856, Republican Abraham Lincoln won the White House just four years later, and the party was on the way to becoming a key force in American politics. |
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CONTENTS | 8 |
The Party of Freedom | 28 |
Successes and Failures | 50 |
The New Republican Party | 64 |
Timeline | 86 |
Términos y frases comunes
14th Amendment abortion Abraham Lincoln African-Americans allow slavery appeal assassinated Buchanan called changed Chapter Civil Communist Confederacy Confederate conservative convention declared Democratic Party Democratic Position Democratic President dominated economic Eisenhower electoral votes equal rights favor fighting Fillmore Garfield George H.W. Bush government jobs Grand Old Party Hayes helped Hispanic Hoover House of Representatives Iraq John Charles Frémont Kansas Know-Nothing Party laws leaders majority native-born Americans nominated Northern opposed Party Platform party's passed popular vote presidential election railroad re-election Reconstruction Republican Party Republican Position Republican President Republicans believe Republicans gained Republicans in Congress Republicans won Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan seats serves slavery slaves South Southern Soviet Union Terr territories terrorist Theodore Roosevelt took troops U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court United vice president victory voters wanted Whigs White House William Howard Taft Win with IKE won the presidency World York