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Which 1828 national party favored states rights?
Democratic-Republicans
How did the Civil War influence the balance of power in the two-party political system?
Lincoln's election in 1860 ended the two party system that had prevailed for decades. There were four major candidates for president that year. After the war, older parties including the Whigs vanished completely. The only two parties with any following were the Republicans, mainly in the northern states, and the Democrats in the south. In the Civil War and postwar years, the Republican Party favored greater government control, reduced states' rights, civil rights for blacks and immigrants, etc. The Democrats were opposite in all things - favoring states' rights, limiting voting rights and other civil rights, maintaining 'traditional' values including segregation.
What political party favored free silver in the eightteen hundreds?
The Democratic Party In campaigning for The Election of 1896, William Jennings Bryan supported silver, rather than the gold standard, which William McKinley supported. McKinley won the election.
What is a Dixiecrat?
a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic party, esp. a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic party.
A political party that challenges the two major parties in an election is a?
In a two-party system such as that in the United States, this is referred to as a "third party".
