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offtopic:american_party_system [2015/10/26 19:52] – [Added in some info on the Free-Soil Party] Gaius Julius Magnusofftopic:american_party_system [2015/10/26 20:02] – [Second Party System] Gaius Julius Magnus
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 Also known as the Founding era, Era of Good Feelings, Also known as the Founding era, Era of Good Feelings,
  
-**Main Parties:** Federalists, Jeffersonian Republicans (now known as the Democratic-Republicans; in their time they were only known as the Republicans).+**Main Parties:** The Federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans (now known as the Democratic-Republicans; in their time they were only known as the Republicans).
  
 **Minor but notable third parties:** None  **Minor but notable third parties:** None 
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 Also known as the Age of Jackson, Antebellum era,  Also known as the Age of Jackson, Antebellum era, 
  
- **Main Parties:** The Democratic Party, the Whig Party (originally the Whigs were known as the National Republican Party before it merged with several other anti-Jacksonian forces like the Anti-Masons, and even some disgruntled Jackson supporters in the South)+ **Main Parties:** The Democratic Party and the Whig Party (originally the Whigs were known as the National Republican Party before it merged with several other anti-Jacksonian forces like the Anti-Masons, and even some disgruntled Jackson supporters in the South)
  
 **Minor but notable parties:** The Anti-Masonic Party, the Nullifier Party, the American Party (better known as the Know-Nothings), the Liberty Party, and the Free-Soil Party **Minor but notable parties:** The Anti-Masonic Party, the Nullifier Party, the American Party (better known as the Know-Nothings), the Liberty Party, and the Free-Soil Party
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 In the 1840's the Liberty Party started, a minor abolitionist party who's only claim to fame was possible swinging the 1844 election. Nominee James Birney might have spoiled the results in New York and less significantly Michigan. If all of his votes went to Whig nominee Henry Clay, the election would have swung to him and the resulting decades would have played out very differently. In the 1840's the Liberty Party started, a minor abolitionist party who's only claim to fame was possible swinging the 1844 election. Nominee James Birney might have spoiled the results in New York and less significantly Michigan. If all of his votes went to Whig nominee Henry Clay, the election would have swung to him and the resulting decades would have played out very differently.
  
-1848 would see the formation of the Free-Soil Party from anti-slavery Northern Democrats, Northern Whigs, and the Liberty Party during the debate over whether slavery should be allowed in the newly won western territories from the Mexican-American War. While opposed to slavery, it was not entirely an abolitionist party but more worried on free men being unable to economically compete with slaves if they were allowed in the western territories. Nominated former Democratic President, Martin Van Buren, for President in 1848 where they got almost 10% of the vote. Also sent nine Representatives and two Senators to the Congress for the 1849 - 1851 term. It would eventually merge with the Republican Party in 1854 to broaden the chances of opposition to slavery and the Democrats. Many former Free-Soilers would go on to be important figures in the early years of the Republican Party such as John Fremont (the first nominee of the Republican Party), Salmom Chase (Treasury Secretary in the Lincoln Administration and a Chief Justice), Charles Sumner (a Radical Republican Senator from Massachusetts).  +1848 would see the formation of the Free-Soil Party from anti-slavery Northern Democrats, Northern Whigs, and the Liberty Party during the debate over whether slavery should be allowed in the newly won western territories from the Mexican-American War. While opposed to slavery, it was not entirely an abolitionist party but more worried on free men being unable to economically compete with slaves if they were allowed in the western territories. Nominated former Democratic President, Martin Van Buren, for the head of the ticket in 1848 where they got almost 10% of the vote. Also sent nine Representatives and two Senators to the Congress for the 1849 - 1851 term. It would eventually merge with the Republican Party in 1854 to broaden the chances of opposition to slavery and the Democrats. Many former Free-Soilers would go on to be important figures in the early years of the Republican Party such as John Fremont (the first nominee of the Republican Party), Salmom Chase (Treasury Secretary in the Lincoln Administration and a Chief Justice), Charles Sumner (a Radical Republican Senator from Massachusetts).  
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 ====Third Party System==== ====Third Party System====
 Also known as the Civil War era, Gilded Age,  Also known as the Civil War era, Gilded Age, 
  
-**Main Parties**: The Democratic Party, the Republican Party (National Union Party)+**Main Parties**: The Democratic Party and the Republican Party (National Union Party)
  
 **Minor but notable parties**: The American Party (better known as the Know-Nothings), the Constitutional Unionists, the Liberal Republican Party, the Greenback Party, the Prohibition Party and the Populist Party **Minor but notable parties**: The American Party (better known as the Know-Nothings), the Constitutional Unionists, the Liberal Republican Party, the Greenback Party, the Prohibition Party and the Populist Party
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-**Main Parties**: The Democratic Party, the Republican Party+**Main Parties**: The Democratic Party and the Republican Party
  
 **Minor but notable parties**: The Progressive Party (1912), the Socialist Party, the Progressive Party (1924).  **Minor but notable parties**: The Progressive Party (1912), the Socialist Party, the Progressive Party (1924). 
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