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History of the Republican Party

The Republican Party

Joseph Santana

Accomplishments throughout history

  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • 13th Amendment - Abolished Slavery
  • 14th Amendment - Citizenship to slaves
  • 19th Amendment - Women's right to vote
  • Citizens to Native Americans
  • Chief Justice Earl Warren writes decision in Brown v. Board
  • Dwight D. Eisenhow signs 1957 civil rights act

Reconstruction Era

Civil War

1861-1865

  • Fought over slavery and central power after Lincoln's election
  • More than 620,000 dead
  • Left the South devastated

Beliefs

  • Freedom
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
  • Low taxes
  • Smaller Government

Founding

The first meeting, convention, and President

Pre-Civil War

Philidelphia Convention

John C. Freemont

Ripon, Wisconsin

Slavery was the biggest divide in the United States.

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