Final timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 1 Jan 2018
Contributors
Created byAmeena Bharde
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Events
1789: Federalist Party formed1828 election: Andrew Jackson
forged Democratic Party1840: Henry Harrison elected- Whig1848: Zachary Taylor Elected- Whig1850s: Slavery dominated
American politics1857: Dred Scott Decision1860: Republicans
elected Abraham
Lincoln1896: Watershed Election,
Second Republican Era1929: Stock
Market Crash1950s:
Republican
Dwight D.
Eisenhower
elected Twice1960: Democrats
regained the presidency1964:
Lyndon B.
Johnson1968: Richard NixonPeriods
1796-1824: The
First Party System1828-1856: Jackson
and the Democrats
vs. the Whigs1860-1928: The Two Republican Eras1932- 1964: The New
Deal Coalition1968- Present: Southern
Realignment and the Era
of Divided Party Government
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