Political+Parties


 * Federalists- Believed in a strong central goverment, and and a strict contructionist's view.
 * Democratic-Republicans- Loose constructionist's view of the constitution, if it was not specifically named, they could take the power.
 * Republican - Believe in as little government intervention as possible.
 * Democrat - Believed in economic/political opportunities/ more liberal than Republicans
 * Whigs/Tories - supporters of a strong federal government/ industrial commercial development.
 * People's/Populists party - made from the Farmer's Alliance + Liberal Democrats.
 * National Greenback party - People who supported money that was not directly backed or supported by gold - inflationists.
 * Independent - "grangers," farmers, right wing political party
 * Socialist party - believe in, equal for all, equal economic benefits.
 * Communist party - sharing of wealth among the people in a country.
 * Free-Soil - Believed in the opposition to slavery, a short lived party in 1848 & 1852 elections.
 * American party/Know-nothings/Nativists - reoccurred several times in USA history - mostly based on nativism and the idea of social darwinism (mostly whites were superior however)