Public Schools In The Northeast US

During the 1830’s and 1840’s, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party were commonly opposed to each other in their political agenda. The Whig Party was originally formed in contention to the Democratic Party and its policies. In order to promote manufacturing in America, the Whigs favored banking and economic protectionism, while the Democratic Party was in support for an agrarian republic run by the common man. The views and aspirations for the country differ, yet compare regarding subjects that greatly affected the United States such as western expansion and the role of the federal government in the economy.

From late 1870’s to early 1900’s both Democrats and Republicans fought for power. In which Republicans controlled the senate and Democrats the House of Representatives. Where both parties supported big business and disapproved the radicalism, they had their own goals to offer public. Such as Democrats believed in limited government and states right, Republicans supported federal involvement and industrial growth. Meanwhile, where Democrats very backed by political machine and immigrants, Republicans had support of folks who believed in political morality and stronger government. Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison ruled the politics in late 19th century. In which Hayes served one term and had his focus on Reconstruction of South,

In the 1800s, politics started to change drastically. It was no longer Whigs versus Democrats but North versus South. In every government decision sectionalism became more evident. The Wilmot Proviso is an example that shows sectionalism in the Democratic Party. The South wanted slavery in the lands acquired from Mexico. The North was against slavery in the Mexican Territories. In the North and South, slavery was not the only difference between them. They had very different social lives and economies. The North was very industrialized. Many immigrants came to the North to work in factories. The influx of immigrants caused the birth rate to increase and the population to

Schulman M ECONOMICS AND THE CIVIL WAR (n/d). Northerners were more often in the Republican Party than southerners, these Northerners were also more likely to have careers

The history of political parties in the United States has always hinged upon the key sectarian differences of the times in which such parties were existent. The very foundation of political parties in this country, which began with the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, is demonstrative of this fact as those two groups were largely split on the issue of national versus states' rights and the implementation of a national bank. As the country matured from its initial beginnings in the latter part of the 18th century, the issues of sectarian differences evolved to include key aspects of sectional proclivities between the North and the South, and the impact of those differences on the burgeoning western portion of the U.S. The South favored slavery and the economic prosperity it brought to that region, whereas the North was in favor of the elimination of slavery and a transition to a more industrial economy. These sectarian distinctions were largely manifested in the political parties of the day, and explain the rise and dissolution of the national Democratic Party, which yielded to the Republican Party whose highly influential president Abraham Lincoln's election was integral in the loss of the Union and the beginning of the Civil War.

The Whigs suffered greatly from factionalism throughout their existence, as well as weak party loyalty that stood in contrast to the strong party discipline that was the hallmark of a tight Democratic Party organization. [Lynn Marshall. " The Strange Stillbirth of the Whig Party," American Historical Review, (1967) v. 72 pp. 445–68 ]

For many years the Republicans were the major party. The Republican party attracted bankers, while the Democratic party attracted working class immigrants. In the 1896 election, as stated in the text “McKinley won the election handily, his victory ushering in an era of Republican dominance in presidential politics that would last until the election of 1912.” (Harrison 256) The Republic dominance steered toward a Progressive party during Theodore Roosevelt’s time in office. Many women also supported the Republican party as they supported the Progressive movement. As time went on and the economy suffered a great deal many people favored the ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

     The Republicans and Democrats didn’t really have strong opposing beliefs during this period. The Republicans supported high tariffs and sound money. The Democrats supported lower tariffs and expanded currency. Both rural and urban classes supported each party. They worked with spoils and local issues. Both

His motivation for party organization was driven by his own issues with congress. Issues for the Democratic Party included concern for the widening gap between social classes. Bankers and merchants, for example, easily enhanced their wealth to the disadvantage of producers such as, farmers, artisans, and laborers. They believed a hands-off approach toward the economy would be fair to the people rather than the government only favoring wealthy businessmen. Their ideas attracted aspiring entrepreneurs and poorer farming regions in the Northwest and the South. The formation of the Whig Party in 1834 was due to Jackson’s controversial performance in office. Whigs supported the American System believing that the federal should set a protective tariff in place, as well as a national bank, and be responsible for internal improvements. The Whig Party appealed to those in the Northeast, a rapidly evolving region filled with established businessmen and

Before the educational reform there were very little public schools. If there was a public school in a town it was part time and only one room. Wealthy families could afford to send their children to private school or

Though the two political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, aged differently in region, ethnicity, and religion, one similarity was prevalent: neither was willing to take strong stands on the most sensitive topics (H). The sectionalism that had been rife prior to the Civil War was still alive. Since neither side wanted to take risks, for fear of upsetting the balance of power, complex issues such as the tariff and money bills moved forward slowly and thus benefited the public too little or too late. The smaller peoples, including farmers, laborers, and small businessmen, were left out of the political equation except at the local machine level. Presidential cabinets were marked by the practice of patronage as the continuation of Andrew Jackson's spoils system became more widespread throughout the country. With no real standouts of the time, the social issues of the day were largely deferred or ignored.

The Whig’s power was based in the North and the Northwest, which was New England and Old Northwest. The Whig ideas were authoritative among areas, which were affected by factory work and commercial agriculture, therefore among southern planters and urban merchants. David Currie claims that

Today, political parties are an authoritative and essential component of the United States political system. However, it is important to examine how the political parties began and evolved over hundreds of years, since they were first established. In 1794, the major political parties were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. The major difference between these two was that the Federalists favored a strong central government, while the Democratic-Republicans preferred a central government with limited power and more state control. At the time of the election, it seemed that the prominent, distinguished Federalist Party clearly had the upper hand, but in the end the

Since the early millennium there has been a call for public school reform. Whether it was a reformation in school funding and where to spend it, there was a need for it nationally. How would it be determined which school district would get the majority of the funding or would it come down to equal funding for all districts. States determine the amount of spending due to many factors such population, the size of the class and also the demographics. According to Mike Maciag on Governing.com, New York is spending more than $20,000 per student each year, counting teacher salaries, but Idaho and Ohio spend about one-third as much. Teachers with additional education and experience see better results in smaller states with less spending per student than those who spent a major amount per student. Additional factors that are listed on governing.com that contribute to state education spending were employee benefits. Benefits include pensions, health insurance and tuition reimbursements (Maciag). Rural areas with a higher populations drive up costs for transportation. Florida’s spending is under the national average but is high in education

The Memorandum analyzes the impact of the housing values, electoral politics and the school funding relationship since the election in 2008. The federal, state and local government is responsible for the investments in building and renovating the public education system. Education is the key element to drive the country to personal development, build a competitive economy, and the improvement of knowledge, which will result in constant growth. The United States suffers from the difference between regions, but if the proper investment in education is implemented, the country can create an equitable system, which will increase the competitiveness of the regions and will guide to a wealthier country. The patterns of housing values, election