The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in contemporary America, and the other is the Democratic Party. Although the name "Democratic Party" was adopted during andrew jackson's presidency (1829- 1837), its origin can be traced back to the democracy-* * * and Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792, and it is the oldest political party in the world. Since William Jennings Bryan1896 took charge of the Democratic Party, the position of the Democratic Party on economic issues has begun to be more left-leaning than that of the Party. Starting from 1932, franklin delano roosevelt called his New Deal "liberalism", which became the main policy trend of the Democratic Party.

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1792- 1828) The origin of the Democratic Party can be traced back to the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson and james madison in the 1970s, also known as the American Democratic Party.

American Democratic Party

For the sake of * * * and the party, we should highlight the principle of * * * and. Democracy and party groups have become the main axis of political power known as the first political party system in history. The Democratic Harmony Party is particularly opposed to the ruling party-the Federalist Party led by alexander hamilton and its policies. At that time, the Federalist Party advocated a strong central government and relaxed the Constitution.

Explanation, and the government ruled by elites. Jefferson Party (180 1 years ago) supported France in the Anglo-French War and opposed the signing of the Jay Peace Treaty with Britain, fearing that it would encourage the monarchical power of the United States. Democracy and the Party regard independent farmers (yeomen farmers) as the mainstay of the country and despise cities, banks and factories. Jefferson and his friend Madison established the state power of local states as the core idea of the Party in 1798. Democracy and the party have the highest support in the south and west of the United States, but have little influence in six northeastern States.

The Democratic Party won both the President and the National Assembly in the 1800 election, and appointed henry clay as the powerful Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Federalist Party collapsed at the end of the 18 12 war. After 18 16, andrew jackson, a war hero from Tennessee, began to rise and was elected on 1828.

President, and later the Democratic Party was renamed the Democratic Party.

Jefferson democracy

Andrew Jackson

(1828- 1854) andrew jackson was the first president of the Democratic Party (1829- 1837).

The second political party system in history is the confrontation between the Democratic Party and their main rival Whig Party. The Democratic Party has established a national alliance based on new york, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the most supportive border areas, but they still have little influence in New England in six northeastern states. Like Jefferson, the Democratic Party strongly opposes "aristocratic" elite rule and banks, and calls for "people" as the basis of its public opinion. In the1820s, the right to vote was no longer restricted by a certain scale of property, so white men in almost all areas could vote.

The Democratic Party is a complex political alliance supported by farmers from rural areas and labor groups in urban areas. In the1830s, the main topic of the Democratic Party was to establish a stronger party mechanism, oppose the state and the central bank, and oppose the modernization policy of realizing industrial development at the expense of taxpayers. Unlike the vertical division of labor in industry, the Democratic Party strongly supports the expansion of new agricultural land. An example is the expulsion of western Indians and the expropriation of large areas of land after 1846.

Martin Van Buren won the presidency in 1836, but the economic depression in 1837 made him lose his re-election. James knox polk won the election with 1844. During his presidency, he led the US-Mexico War, reduced tariffs, established branches of the state treasury, and merged today's Washington, Oregon and southwestern China into the country. After that, he retired and was not re-elected. In the 1848 election, a faction called the Liberal Party opposed the expansion of slavery and finally broke with the Democratic Party. 1850, the democratic party passed a bill to mediate slave-holding States and free States, but it only delayed the outbreak of conflicts. Due to the differences within the Whig Party on slavery and xenophobia, the Democratic Party easily elected franklin pierce and james buchanan as presidents at 1852.

Civil War and Reconstruction

(1854- 1877) Stephen Douglas, from Illinois, was the leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate. He promoted kansas-nebraska act in 1854, and the bill became one of the causes of the American Civil War. At that time, the structure of political alliances, politicians and voters changed greatly, and a large number of new political issues and policies appeared. This period is called the third party system. At this time, the Whig Party was completely dissolved. With the continuous development of the Democratic Party, many Democrats who advocated the abolition of slavery in the north (especially the Liberal Party since 1848) joined the newly established * * * and Party. The controversy over slavery caused by Kansas is the most democratic political party in the United States.

American Democratic Party

After that, the Democratic Party was split, and most northern Democrats finally chose to support Steven Douglas.

In the presidential election campaign of 1860, Douglas failed to get two-thirds of the nomination votes at the Democratic nomination convention. After a heated debate, the Democratic Party elected Douglas in the north and John C. Breckenridge in the south to run for president and vice president. In the civil war, the allies did not allow party politics, but party disputes were still quite common in the north. After the war broke out, Douglas tried to reorganize the Democrats in the north to support the Federation, but he died in June 186 1, and the Democratic Party suddenly lost an outstanding national leader. Due to different opinions on the war, there are great differences within the Democratic Party. In the parliamentary election of 1862, the Democratic Party still maintained a certain performance, but in the presidential election of 1864, the radical candidate nominated by the Democratic Party, General George brinton McClella, did not conform to the initial moderate policy. As a result, most radical Democrats voted for Lincoln. In the election of 1866, the * * * and the party won two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly and fully grasped the national policy. Hiram grant led * * * and the Party won a great victory in 1868 and 1872 elections.

1873 The economic depression that broke out in the United States made the Democratic Party regain its position as the majority party in Congress in the election campaign of 1874. After the Civil War, the southern whites' dissatisfaction with the reconstruction period and resentment against the Party also benefited from the Democratic Party. After the end of the reconstruction period, African-Americans in the southern States were deprived of their citizenship again in the 1890 s, and the south became the Democratic Party's big ticket warehouse in the next century. In many areas in the south, only the Democratic Party is dominant, and winning the nomination meeting of the Democratic Party is often equivalent to winning the election.

Gilded age

(1877- 1896) The national election maintained a balance of power in the1880s, although before 1884 * * and the party firmly controlled the White House.

Stephen Grover Cleveland

The Democratic Party is still very competitive. At that time, the Democratic Party was led by others, and the faction supporting the business class was dominant. They have solid support in the south, great influence in rural areas in the midwest of the United States, and support from Reid and Irish-Americans in metropolises. During this period, they also controlled the House of Representatives. In the presidential election of 1884, New York Governor Grover Cleveland, a reformist Democrat, won the presidential election. He failed to run for re-election in 1888, but was re-elected in 1892. Cleveland is a conservative leader in the Democratic Party, representing the interests of businessmen, banks and railway companies, and opposing imperialism and overseas expansion. He also supports the gold standard and opposes corruption, high taxes and tariffs. Democratic conservatives were defeated by william jennings bryan by 1896.

Progressive period

(1896-1932)1896 presidential election, the political ecology changed greatly, and the historic fourth party system began. Agricultural Democrats demanded the free casting of silver coins, the elimination of Grover Cleveland and the nomination of william jennings bryan for the presidency. At the nomination meeting, Brian vowed to implement the gold and silver currency system, claiming to fight against the monetary interest groups in the East. But he was defeated in the election of * * * and the party's william mckinley.

* * * and the party controlled the presidency for 28 years in the next 36 years, ruling most of the northeast, central and western regions and half of the western region. Brian has solid support in the South and the Great Plains. He was nominated for the presidential election again in 1900, but he lost to McGinley and william howard taft again in 1908. Conservatives of the Democratic Party won the nomination meeting with 1904, but they still lost to theodore roosevelt of the party. By 1908, Brian had given up the idea of freely minting silver coins and anti-imperialism, and instead supported the mainstream progressive policies at that time, especially the Anti-trust Law and the Anti-Commercial Monopoly Act.

Taking advantage of * * and intra-party division, the Democratic Party took control of the National Assembly at 19 10, and nominated at 19 12 and 19 16.

Wilson

Woodrow Wilson, a reformist intellectual, was elected president. Wilson succeeded in getting Congress to pass a series of progressive bills, including Clayton Anti-monopoly Law, personal income tax, new policy for farmers and eight-hour working system for railway workers. The most important of these is the creation of the Federal Reserve System and the National Central Bank. He also outlawed child labor through the Supreme Court. Amendment 18 to the Constitution, which promulgated the prohibition of alcohol, and amendment 19 to the Constitution, which established women's right to vote, were both passed during his term of office, but they were also the result of mediation between the two parties. Wilson ended a long-standing dispute over tariffs, currency and antitrust, and these policies dominated the next 40 years.

Wilson led the United States to win the First World War and signed the Treaty of Versailles, including the establishment of the League of Nations. But in 19 19, Wilson's political fortune and health began to decline, and the political situation began to reverse. The Senate refused to join the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. At the same time, strikes and violent activities across the country also caused considerable turmoil. The Democratic Party is also divided into the North-South confrontation because of prohibition of alcohol. In the end, the differences within the party made * * * and the party win an overwhelming victory in the presidential elections of 1920, 1924 and 1928. However, during this period, Al Smith consolidated Catholic support for the Democratic Party in the eastern metropolitan area.

New Deal and World War II

Franklin roosevelt

(1933- 1945) The economic panic made franklin delano roosevelt win an overwhelming victory in the election campaign of 1932. During the election campaign, Roosevelt put forward a set of vague political views, promised to abolish prohibition, and criticized herbert hoover's failure in power. Less than 100 days after Roosevelt took office, he launched a series of huge government plans: the New Deal. These plans focus on smoothing, restoring and reforming the American economy, that is, lifting unemployment and agricultural depression, restoring economic development to the level before the great panic, and reforming the system to avoid the recurrence of future depression.

The election of 1932 gave the Democratic Party a majority in the Senate, the House of Representatives and the governors of all states, and the election of 1934 further consolidated the majority. A series of plans of 1933 were called "the first wave of New Deal" by historians, which basically represented the general public opinion at that time. Roosevelt tried to extend the New Deal to business and labor, farmers and consumers, urban and rural areas. However, by 1934, Roosevelt's policy became more and more controversial. Roosevelt tried to shift the support base of the Democratic Party from enterprises to farmers and laborers. Fundamentally speaking, the New Deal is a series of government regulations and systems produced in response to the difficult economic times. It was also during this period that two ancient terms were completely changed in the United States. "Liberalism" and "liberalism" began to represent the position of supporting the New Deal, and the classical meanings of these two words were labeled as "conservatism" and "conservatism". Conservatives in the Democratic Party were angered by the New Deal. Led by Ai Smith, they formed the American Freedom League on 1934 to try to fight back, but it was too late.

1934 After taking control of Congress, Roosevelt continued to introduce the legislative plan known as the "Second New Deal". This wave of new policies has greatly enhanced the influence of trade unions, nationalized and greatly expanded social welfare, imposed more control on commerce (especially transportation and communication), and raised the business profit tax. With these policies, he established a new voter structure for the Democratic Party, known as the "New Deal Coalition", including trade unions and ethnic minorities (most notably Catholics, Jews and, for the first time, blacks). Except for 1952 and 1956, the New Deal Coalition dominated American politics for decades until 1968.

After winning an overwhelming victory in the 1936 election, Roosevelt announced that he would expand the Supreme Court, which conflicted with his New Deal plan. Fierce conflicts broke out in the Democratic Party, and Roosevelt's Vice President John Nance Garner IV turned against him. In the end, * * * formed an alliance with the party and conservative Democrats in Congress and jointly blocked almost all legislative proposals for Roosevelt's next term. Because of the threat of conservatives in the party, Roosevelt tried to clean up the party, but in the end he failed.

Since this period, the New Deal has made the word "liberalism" stand for social welfare, trade unions and control over business in the United States. Opponents of the New Deal-those who value the long-term economic impact and support entrepreneurship, low taxes and small government-began to call themselves "conservatives".

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