Democratic Party (USA)

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Third Party System and Reconstruction

From 1828-1854, the issue of slavery led to the Democratic Party fracturing between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions. This split was perhaps best signaled when former president and Jacksonian ally Martin van Buren founded the Free Soil Party to oppose the spread of slavery into new states. The Jacksonian era practically came to an end following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which saw mass defections from the Democrats to other parties. In 1854, members of the Whig Party, Free Soil Party and other members of the so-called 'Anti-Nebraska movement' founded the Republican Party, which since its inception has continued to be the Democratic Party's rival.

Continuing factionalism over the issue of slavery led to the Democratic Party further dividing among anti-secessionist and pro-secessionist factions in the face of the perceived possibility of an abolition of slavery. This factionalism led to the Democratic party failing to elect a ticket for the 1860 presidential election: three Democratic-affiliated candidates ran against Republican Abraham Lincoln, which led to Lincoln securing a majority of electoral votes. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Democratic Party fractured into pro-secessionist and anti-secessionist groups: those who supported the Union in its war against the Confederacy, and those who were against it (or who supported the Confederacy). After slavery was declared abolished in the United States in 1864 and the defeat of the Confederacy, slavery ended as the primary issue of the United States, with the politics of the Democratic Party shifting instead towards the problem of Reconstruction. From 1862 to 1874 the Republican Party dominated American politics, controlling both the presidency, the House and Senate until the end of Reconstruction in 1877.

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When the Panic of 1893 hit the United States, Cleveland and the Bourbon Democrats were immediately blamed for the depression. Because of this, the Democratic party split between pro and anti-Bourbonite factions. The anti-Bourbonites were most characterized by their support for the silver standard and bimetallism, as opposed to the gold standard. In the end, the anti-Bourbonites won out and nominated young Nebraska representative William Jennings Bryan, who became famous for his Cross of Gold speech, where he rallied for 'free silver', where the unlimited minting of silver coins would supposedly flood the economy with cash and end the depression. Bryan was controversial among Democrats, but despite losing the 1896 election, Bryan would continue to be the Democratic nominee until 1908, with the exception of 1904.

The "Progressive Era"

teddy roosevelt DESTROYS democrats by STEALING ALL OF THEIR POLICIES

Relationships

Friends

• Liberal Party (Canada) - My Canadian bro and BFF. I'm so sorry how he is destroying the relationships between Canada and US.
• Labour Party (UK) and Social Democratic Party of Germany - A little too left-wing for my standards but we been relatively the same ever since all of us (for the most part) both adopted Third Way.
• Democratic Party (Italy) - Like the above just me but Italian.
• Democratic Party of Korea - Thank God you defeated that Korean Trumpist.
• Democrats 66 - You are just me but a little more liberal.
• Colombian Liberal Party - A liberal like me but he is (kinda) no longer a codominant.