The Political Party Eras began with the Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties. They started over a disagreement of which layer of government should hold the most power, the Federalists favoring the strong central government, and the Democratic-Republicans favoring the common people.
These two Parties later formed into the Democratic and Whig Parties, who both opposed each other for the same reasons. Both of these Parties split apart over beliefs in slavery. This issue led to the birth of the Republican Party, which was comprised mainly of former Whigs.
The Republican Party lasted until the Great Depression of the 1900's when its members claimed that "legislation could not cure America's economic woes."
This led to the rise of the Progressive Party who opposed the Republican's view on the Depression. The Progressive Party lasted until the Vietnam War of 1968, when the Republican and Democratic Parties both took over again and have remained to this day.
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