5-2 worksheet

1. For each of the parties listed below, identify the 1-the party’s major beliefs 2-the groups that generally supported the party.

Origins (to 1800)

Antifederalists: ______common people               limited role for government_________________________________________________________

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Federlaists: __rich and well born people________worked to create a stronger national government_____________________________________________________

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1800-1860

Democrats: ____farmers bebtors pioneers slaveholders___________________________________________________________

__________inreased the input the people had_________________________________________________________________

Whigs: _____bankers  merchants and industrialists                    supported a high tarrif__________________________________________________________

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1860-1932

Democrats: _____help the littleman        buisiness owners__________________________________________________________

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Republicans: _______buisiness, farmers, laborers, freed slaves                                        keep big buisiness________________________________________________________

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1932-1968

Democrats: ________southerners, small farmers, organized labor, big-city political organizations            strenghten the U.S. and its people_______________________________________________________

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Republicans: __________big business owners                   keep the people with money in power_____________________________________________________

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