US POLITICAL

PARTIES
C

1776 to Present
Warm Up
• What are the basic political priorities or ideology of
the Democrats?
• What are the basic political priorities or ideology of
the Republican?
THE US POLITICAL
SYSTEM
C

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Questions
• Why did the Founding Father oppose political parties?
• Why does the US only have two political parties?
• What is gerrymandering?
• Why do political parties have the incentive to be big? What
is the problem with this?
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History of the Republican Party

 Vocabulary
Demographic Related to population Leave to it’s own devices Let it be, not bother
Dominates Has the most power Booming Growing quickly
Nominee Person chosen to compete for Sweep into To enter rapidly
political office or win award
Inciting Partisan Divided by political party
Causeing
GOP Overwhelmingly The vast majority
Grand Old Party (republicans)
Interfere Immigration Entering a country
Get in the way of, try to stop or
Abolition alter Amnesty Forgiveness for a crime
Constitutional Ending Exacerbates To make worse
Financiers Fundamental legal rights Fertile Ground A good place for something to
People who work in finance grow
Industrialists Loathed
Owners of factories, mines Hated
Emphasize At a crossroads
To stress the importance of Needing to make a decision
Guiding Questions
• Describe how the Republican Party started.
• How did the Civil War change the Republican Party?
• Why did the Republican Party become dominant in the
South?
• What is the major demographic trend discussed in the
video? How is it effecting the Republican Party?
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History of the Democratic Party

 Vocabulary
Advocate To support a plan or person Forcibly By force
Treating a person badly because Doctrine Idea, usually unchallenged
Discrimination
of their race, gender, or sexual Belief that Americans should occupy
White supremacy orientation Manifest destiny all of North America
Ku Klux Klan The belief that white people are Holdings Land or property owned
better Annexing Taking a part of a country
Establishments
A white supremacist terrorist Angrily
Jackass Bitterly
group in the US
Using threats to influence someone
Popular Participation The people in power Intimidation
Idea the government should control
Landslide Stupid person, donkey Progressivism big businesses to help common people

Expelling Many people involved Activism Within a country

Dramatic victory Domestic Legal separation of black and white
Administration people
Kicking people out Segregation
To be married to, closely linked with
The office of a president Wedded
Guiding Questions
• Describe the origins of the Democratic Party.
• Why did the Democrats support continuing slavery?
• How and why did the Democratic Party become
progressive?
• How did the Great Depression impact the Democratic
Party?
• How did segregation split the Democratic party?
The Future of the Political Parties
• Demographic Changes:
• Impact for Republicans:
• Impact for Democrats: