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The Civil War and Reconstruction issues polarized the parties until the Compromise of 1877 finally ended the political warfare. War issues resonated for a quarter century, as Republicans waved the "bloody shirt" (of dead union soldiers), and Democrats warned against non-existent "Black supremacy" in the South and plutocracy in the North.
Reynolds, Jack. "The Rules of the Game." in The Oxford Handbook of American Political History (2020): 178+. Rhodes, James Ford (1920). History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the Roosevelt-Taft Administration (8 vols.). Richter, Hedwig. "Transnational Reform and Democracy: Election Reforms in New York City and Berlin Around ...
Jacksonian democracy" is a term to describe the 19th-century political philosophy that originated with the seventh U.S. president, The United States presidential election of 1824 brought partisan politics to a fever pitch, with General Andrew Jackson's popular vote victory (and his plurality in the United States Electoral College being ...
19th-century reform movements (1 C, 11 P) S. 19th-century political scientists (4 P) 19th-century social movements (4 P) Pages in category "19th century in politics"
The United States sat in a unique position in relation to the emergence of 19th century Radicalism due to its founding as a democratic republic in the American Revolution. Many of the reforms radicals advocated for in other countries had already been enacted in the United States, particularly under the administration of Andrew Jackson. [1]
The movements found organizational form in the United States in organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society. In addition to the United States and Britain, where such movements played a major role, the category can include such organizations as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, also known as "The Boxers", of the Boxer ...
Other groups seeking spiritual awakening also gained popularity in the mid-19th century. Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson began the American transcendentalist movement in New England, to promote self-reliance and better understanding of the universe through contemplation of the over-soul. Transcendentalism was essentially an American offshoot of ...
This category collects political movements in the United States. Subcategories. ... Defunct American political movements (4 C, 60 P) E. English-only movement (19 P)