The political ascendancy of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party represented the belief that the will of the majority should govern American politics.

The Republican Party drew significant support from which of the following political movements?

The ______________ party controlled power in Washington during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Individual candidates have shown an ability to influence the direction, ideologies, and agendas of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

The election of 1860 was the most consequential in U.S. history for the following reason(s):

Reconstruction in the South was underpinned by federal laws which marked the end of the 3/5th Rule, established Black citizenship and Suffrage, and codified legal equality (through the 14th Amendment). However, emerging Jim Crow laws (local and state) in the South marginalized African Americans by segregating them based on their race. While African Americans seemed to represent a newly minted Republican base in the South, protecting their right to vote and participate in politics became increasingly problematic for the federal government.

The dominance of the Democratic party nationally following the Civil War contributed to the rise of big business in the United States. The Gilded Age was marked by laissez faire capitalism and growing economic inequality.

During the age of reform, both the Republican and Democratic parties could count Progressives among their membership. Teddy Roosevelt was a notable Republican Progressive, while Woodrow Wilson was a notable Democratic Progressive.

What was one reason why, despite the fact that his cousin Teddy was a popular Republican president, did Franklin Roosevelt ultimately run as a Democrat?

The New Deal proposed a vastly more liberal conception of American government. Why did this consensus ultimately erode?

Eisenhower's record on desegregation and civil rights helped his Vice President Richard Nixon win valuable votes in the South during the election of 1960.

In the election of 1968 a segregationist candidate, George Wallace, carried 5 southern states. Moving forward the American south would become a stronghold of the Republican party.

A former New Dealer, Ronald Reagan ran as liberal Democrat committed to expanding the powers of government.

An important strategist in the Republican party during the 1980s, Lee Atwater, believed that the race had little to do with politics in the American south.

Ronald Reagan was a strong proponent of liberal politics and saw the American government as the best means of enhancing the general welfare of society.

Important Republican statesmen like President Richard Nixon and his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger admired Ronald Reagan's grasp of American politics and saw him as a worthy successor.

Ronald Reagan's economic policy was based on which concepts?

The intent of supply-side economics (Reaganomics) was to revive economic growth by cutting taxes on the lower and middle classes in order to stimulate consumer spending.

Measuring the equity of economic policy can be complicated by the fact that certain racial groups are more economically vulnerable than others.

The benefits of Reagan-era deregulation and tax cuts were dispersed equally.

What dynamic best explains the current regional alignment of the two-party system in the United States?