Political parties in the United States

Sectionalism is the division of the Northern and Southern political beliefs in the United States. One of the main differences between the North and the South was their opinions on slavery. The North was completely industrialized; factories were being built and because of the massive immigrant population slaves were not needed, nor benefited the Northern economy. In the South, the economy was made up of an agricultural society. The North prospered as an industrialized economy because of the…

did cause the panic. Many reasons why it was harmful to the growth of the United States was when every bank stopped payment specie (gold and silver coinage). Because of the panic, unemployment rates rose drastically. Thousands of people lost their jobs. Some causes include the economic policies of President Andrew Jackson who came up with the Specie Circular. He also refused to set up the Second Bank of the United States. This resulted with the loss of government funds from the bank. In two…

representation, where political leaders are proactive and responsive, keen on developing policy solutions for the societies they live in. Despite this, the traditional political parties are often unable to handle the challenges and crises that a rapidly evolving and globalizing society is throwing at them. Unfortunately, this has led to a significant decrease in both trust and sympathy among voters and has triggered ideological extremism across political movements and the parties that form out…

World War (1939-1945), the United States was propelled into a Cold War with the Soviet Union and other communist countries around the world. At the root of this political hostility was the ideological struggle between western capitalism and Soviet communism. This era, beginning in the late 1940s and ending in the early 1950s, is characterized by a series of communist ‘witch-hunts’ and nationwide alarm caused by the perceived threat posed by communists within the United States government. Coined…

Latinos/as are now the largest minority group in the United States, soon to be the majority of the across the country, meaning the future of this country is in the hands of the Latino people. As mentioned in Twenty-first Century Dynamics of Multiculturalism Beyond Post-Racial America, “All the talk of many years about the sleeping giant, well, he’s awake and running now… Eventually, I’ll be able to interview the first Hispanic president of the United States. That’s what’s coming, and I have to…

The presidential election was established in the United States Constitution each four years. There are several predefined requisite for candidates to be eligible for presidency, markedly, the candidate have to be above 35 years old, born in the United States or have took up residence in United States for 14 years. If candidates have fulfilled these criteria, they will continue with the general procedures for presidential election. The first step of a presidential campaign is the nomination…

The United States of America is having a presidential election on the 8th of November. The two candidates running for office are Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump is from the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton is from the Democratic Party. I am a little wary of who I want to vote for because Hillary has political background but she is involved in a lot of drama and Donald Trump does not have political background and he is self-sabotaging. I definitely do not want Donald Trump…

The media portrays that the political parties; Democrats and Republicans, are completely different. The view that is presented to citizens is that the Democrats are for the colored and women while the Republicans are for the rich, caucasian, old men. The only real difference between the two parties are that they have different opinions on social issues. For example, one party is pro-choice, wants more peace, for gay marriage, adoption for gays, and transgender rights, citizenship for immigrants,…

assigned major general of the Tennessee militia. This made Jackson a political star and in 1822 the Tennessee Legislature nominated him for the presidency of the United States. The Jacksonian democracy is the movement towards greater democracy for the common man. The Jacksonian democracy encouraged the strength of the presidency and executive branch, while hoping to…

Third Parties In the United States politics, there are two main political parties, the Democratic and the Republican. With that said, a third party is a party running in the election that is not one of the two major parties. There are many third parties in the American politics. The three main third political parties are the Libertarian party, the Constitution party, and the Green party and these parties can effect American politics by bringing in new ideas, and addressing issues that were not…