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A Timeline of American Political Parties
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A Timeline of American Political Parties
The Return of the Democrats 1932-1968
The Era of Democrats 1800-1860
- 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt, democrat, elected
- 1935: Social Security Act is passed.
- 1954: Brown vs Board of Education case decided. Court rules segregation unequal and unconstitutional.
- 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. Kennedy and Khrushchev go to the brink of war before Khrushchev agrees to remove its missile sites from Cuba.
- 1964: Johnson signs Civil Rights Act. http://goo.gl/V31F60
- 1800: Thomas Jefferson, democrat, is elected. This election marked the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to the next in the U.S. http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/social_studies_games/us-presidents/thomas-jefferson-word-o-rama.html
- 1819: McCullough vs. Maryland Supreme Court case decided.
- 1820: Missouri Compromise admits Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
- 1833: The Whig Party is formed. The Whig Party brought the first opposition to Democrats during the Era of Good Feelings.
- 1854: Dred Scott vs. Sanford Supreme Court decision says Congress doesn't have the right to ban slaves in states and that slaves are not citizens.
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1968
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2014
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Era of Divided Government 1968-2014
The Era of the Republicans 1860-1932
- 1968: Richard Nixon, republican, elected president.
- 1981: Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman Supreme Court Justice. Reagan appointed her in an effort to appease the feminist movement.
- 2000: George W. Bush, republican, elected. Al Gore is the first nominee since 1888 to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote and thus presidency.
- 2001: Terrorists attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon. These attacks set the stage for the Wars on Terror that would soon be waged against Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 2008: President Barack Obama, democrat, is elected. http://goo.gl/J0YqOA
- 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected president. http://goo.gl/36RHkk
- 1865: Thirteenth Amendment ratified. This amendment prohibited slavery in the U.S.
- 1896: McKinley, republican, defeats Bryan, democrat, in presidential election. This election brought to head years of protest by workers against big business.
- 1912: Wilson, democrat, elected president.
- 1929: The stock market crashes, bringing on the Great Depression. http://goo.gl/t7GjD5
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