The Civil Rights Movement During The 1960's

In the past, the Democratic party was known as the conservative, traditional party that fully supported state government while the Republican party was a supporter of the federal government control. The Republican party began as “Lincoln’s party” which caught the attention and support of the colored voters. In contrast, the Democratic party was predominantly white during this time with ideas to keep the rights of the state and the traditions of the South. Though these two parties have opposing views, they began to clash and redirect their beliefs. Over time the two main political parties have changed their platforms based on the issues of desegregation, racism in the South and placement of federal government.

For instance, the opposing views on how the reconstruction should take place caused the North and the South to be separated. For example, in the 1860 election map, most of the Republican states were in the North and most of the Democratic states were in the South. In addition, in the 2012 election map, most of the Democratic states were in the North and most of the Republican states were in the South and the West. It is clear, a division between the North and South has occurred and still today political party states are clustering up in certain locations. In the voting propaganda it states “The Democratic Platform IS FOR THE WHITE MAN,” and “The Republican Platform IS FOR THE NEGRO.”

The 1950s and 1960s was a period of growth and prosperity in America. Features of the common life included innovations such as television, dishwasher, and home air-conditioning. However, not all Americans equally benefited from the economic growth of this period of time. In addition to Jim Crow laws and unequal economic opportunities, America’s society became further segregated as many whites moved to the suburbs while blacks remained in run-down city neighborhoods. These many inequalities sparked the civil rights movement, where African Americans stood up and fought for their rights using nonviolent methods. The movement influenced the emergence of many prominent figures including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was successful in achieving equal rights for African Americans through nonviolent protests such as the Montgomery bus boycott, sit-ins, and marches.

In the mid-1800s, the country was split between the Republicans, who had allied with the Union, and the Democrats, who had allied with the Confederacy. Over time, the Democrats and Republicans switched platforms and ideologies back and forth multiple times. In fact, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican by name, but today we would consider him a socially left-leaning Democrat. These switches were caused by Civil Rights in the 18 and 1960’s and other major events (DeMichele).

In the mid-1800’s, the country was split between the Republicans, who had allied with the Union, and the Democrats, who had allied with the Confederacy. Over time, the Democrats and Republicans switched platforms and ideologies back and forth multiple times. In fact, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican by name, but today we would consider him a socially left-leaning Democrat. These switches were caused by Civil Rights in the 18 and 1960’s and other major events (DeMichele).

Because both the Democratic and Republican parties were equally as strong as each other they tended to focus more on the rivalry between each other and who was in control, so they did not focus on other important issues. Because of this third parties were able to form around specific issues and groups (Goldfield, The American Journey, vol. 2, 454).

Since the birth of America men have divided themselves into different parties to come up with ideas that would better the nation and themselves. George Washington, in his farewell address, warned Americans about the problems that would accompany political parties, but no one listened. Instead many different political parties began to slowly develop overtime causing many major and minor divisions. The rise of the Republican Party came about at the nation’s darkest and most divided hour, but they began the hard, war-torn steps of putting the Union back together.

The United States developed over time as a strong power throughout the world. The States constantly battled with foreign policy and waged war to help their allies but the major struggle that the States faced was the transition that occurred between the Old Left New Left and Old Right New Right. The Democratic Party and Republican Party were once a single group of people fighting to deal with the same issues. Over time more issues arose causing a divide to occur and the creation of two separate parties were created. The Democratic Party dominated American politics between 1828 and 1860 and once again during 1932 and 2000. During the time of the Democratic Party the views of the party changed from president to president because of the obstacles

Recently, Party polarization in the US has been gaining more attention. Some claim that it is a recent phenomenon, but in fact polarization has been ongoing ever since the 18th century. Political polarization is when an individual makes a decision on an issue, policy or candidate solely based on the political party they identify with or with their chosen ideology. In the 1790s, the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists were polarized over tariffs, the national bank and federal versus state and citizen power. Between the 1830s and the 1840s, polarization took form between the Whigs and the democrats. In the 1850s polarization was focused on the issue of slavery, agrarian and currency issues. In the 1930s it was welfare and in the 1960s

Alexa O’Sullivan Mr. Cesare AP Government and Politics August 28, 2014 Democrats vs. Republicans Since 1854 American politics have been split by two rivaling political parties: Democrats and Republicans. Both parties have different opinions on multiple topics, such as gun control, gay rights, and immigration. They also target different audiences during elections. Democrats and Republicans have been rivals for more than one hundred years, even with changing their viewpoints throughout time.

The Democratic party and the Republican parties are extremely different, and these differences are pushing our nation into two sides. The Republican Party, also known as "The Grand Old Party" was the second to come between the two. A group of people from the Whig party in the North gathered together to create a new party over the topic of slavery and Andrew Jacksons control. The Republicans wanted to end slavery as it was wrong.

In America we have two main political parties the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, each with different point of views. Democrats are labeled as liberals and the Republicans are considered conservatives. Neither of the two parties are made up of people who totally agree with everything the party stands for. Both parties disagree on three major issues abortion, same-sex marriage and universal health care. I found that my beliefs, ideas and views tend to lean more towards the Democratic side, and will be focusing on supporting the democrat party on these three main issues in association to civil rights.

Throughout United States history, it has been subjected to many different political parties from different time periods. From Federalists to Democrats, many of these parties were of different background, and had many different reasons for developing, and goals that they wanted to accomplish. Federalists wanted a strong central government, Anti-federalists did not. Republicans were for the freedom of slaves in southern states, while Democrats were pro-slavery. Every one of these parties helped shape and change the United States in several different ways. They were all different when compared to each other, some more than most. Even though they

The Civil Rights movement is one of the most important acts to change the way not only African Americans were able to live their lives but all races and colors. It would slowly break down the social, economic, political, and racial barriers that were created by the The Age of Discovery and Transatlantic Slave trade. I believe without the Civil Rights acts our country would result to be no better than what it was when the Emancipation Proclamation just took effect. In the 1950s and long before, Southern folk, who were white had created a system that would interpret them as a superior race over blacks. The system would defend whites rights and privileges from being taken away from them while establishing terrible inhumane suffering for African Americans. In the South blacks were controlled in all aspects economic, political, and personal, this was called a “tripartite system of domination” - (Aldon D. Morris) (6) Though it isn’t as prevalent racism and discrimination towards other races that aren’t white is still found in America and can be in schools, the workplace, even when you are in the general public but you no longer see discriminating signs saying “Whites” or “Blacks” or Colored” along the front of bathroom, restaurants, and shopping malls doors. Nor do you see people being declined the right to buy a home based on their color or access to school and an equal education being declined because one didn’t meet racial requirements. The acts of violence towards

The division of two groups with separate opinions causes controversy amongst those affected. “Partisan polarization is undeniably the central and most problematic feature of contemporary American politics.” (Mann & Ornstein, 44). This statement justifies the structure of political parties during the current century. Mann and Ornstein stated, “The story begins with the fissures in the Democratic Party’s New Deal coalition that were evident in the 1960’s” (page 47). The authors continue to list several key points that were a part of the separate party agendas. Increased ideological polarization between Republicans and African Americans created majority-minority districts to gain more representation in Congress. Republicans hypothesized that pushing