Wednesday, January 19, 2011

The Evolution of US Political Parties, 1788-1840

This is one of the best resources I have found to explain the changing political parties of the United States over time to students. When trying to explain to students the difference between political ideology and political parties, I pulled up some of these images to show that while there have always been liberals and conservatives over time, the terms "Democrat" and "Republican" are relatively new terms, and their relation to the ideologies has drastically shifted in the past two centuries.



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