Political_Parties

Federalist: Supporters of the Constitution, Strong federal government.

Republicans: Political rivals of the Federalist; Wanted a agarian nation.

Democrats: Party of Jackson, which favors the common man over the wealthy

Whigs: the Anti-Jacksons

Know-Nothings/American Party: Nativsts who opposed Immigration

Republicans(*): A combination of free-soilers and Northern Whigs, pormised to restrict the spread of slavery to where it existed, not abolishing

People's Party (Populist): Consists of poor farmers who wanted to protest against the industrializing merchants and markets who kept them in debt.

Socialists :Radical Critics of the capitalist society

Progressive Party: Party created by Theodore Roosevelt to run for the presidential election in 1912