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Sep 19, 2024 · The Jay Treaty, formally known as the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, was a controversial treaty signed by representatives of the United States and Great Britain in November 1794.
Jun 25, 2018 · The Democratic Party became divided in the 1850s over the issue of slavery, with some factions in the north supporting abolitionist causes, some northern factions supporting accommodation of the South and Southern Democrats supporting the continuation and expansion of slavery.
The vote for Fillmore in 1856 and then Bell in 1860 is usually taken as a sign of "enduring Whiggery". But notwithstanding these blocs, the Democratic Party came to more or less dominate the South, with the Southern faction becoming more prominent as the Republicans gathered strength in the North.
Throughout the 20th century, Southern factions within the Democratic Party emerged and held significant power around the issue of civil rights, segregation, and other issues. These included the conservative coalition (1930s–1960s), the Solid South (1870s–1960s), Dixiecrats (1940s), and the boll weevils (1980s).
Dec 8, 2010 · This volume deals with two dimensions of authoritarian legacies in South European democracies: political elites associated with authoritarian regimes, and human rights abuses associated with repressive institutions.
- António Costa Pinto
- 2010
Dec 8, 2014 · These maps tell the tale of the Democratic Party’s origins, its various metamorphoses, and the sources of its strength — and weaknesses — today.
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Oct 24, 2024 · Notwithstanding the party’s antielitist foundations, the first three Democratic-Republican presidents—Jefferson (1801–09), James Madison (1809–17), and James Monroe (1817–25)—were all wealthy, aristocratic Southern planters, though all three shared the same liberal political philosophy.
