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Political Parties

Political Parties. Washington’s Farewell Address. Washington Warned that political parties would tear America apart. Immediately following his Presidency the first political parties began to form

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Political Parties

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  1. Political Parties

  2. Washington’s Farewell Address • Washington Warned that political parties would tear America apart. • Immediately following his Presidency the first political parties began to form • However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

  3. What is a Political Party? • is a political organization that typically seeks to influence, or entirely control, government policy, usually by nominating candidates with aligned political views and trying to seat them in political office

  4. Democrats & Republicans

  5. Democrats and Republicans • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lt-f3QQ7-A

  6. Third Parties • Third Parties often revolve around one or two issues and usually end up being absorbed by a larger party • Can often play spoiler in elections • Examples Teddy Roosevelt- 1912 • Ross Perot- 1992

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPtqoU-2Bz4

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