Essay about The Republican Party in Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt

The Democratic Republicans started out by supporting their ideas fully and confidently. In Jefferson's letter to

In 1854, the Republican Party was established as a response to controversial issues within the United States of America. The founders of this political party ‒ anti-slavery Whigs, former Democrats, former members of the Free Soil Party and Know-Nothing Party ‒ helped to identify their ideals prior to the Civil War.

Before the Gilded Age, economic growth came to a halt because of the Depression of 1873. The depression led to the bankruptcy of many banks and railroads, and resulted in hundreds of thousands of people out of work. The Liberal Republican party also emerged as result of the depression. Liberal Republicans were strong advocates for laissez faire policies, where there is no government regulation in businesses or the economy. With this ideology, liberal republicans believed that it would help stimulate economic growth and create more jobs. While liberal republicans were unsuccessful in getting into office, they helped push the Democratic party (who were able to get control of the House in 1784) shift their agenda to supporting laissez faire capitalism. By 1879, The Depression of 1873 had ended and the second Industrial Revolution began.

Unlike Carson, who would find her naturalist roots to be her driving force, Sinclair's reasons for publishing his groundbreaking work would stem from his ties to the Socialist Party, rather than the actual material itself being covered. Sinclair would even go as to say that he had come to "write the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the Labor movement"(Arthur, 124) Carson and Sinclair would differ greatly on the subject of cause and motivation for their novels, regardless of the similar sized conflict and controversy.

Upton Sinclair’s views differed greatly from those of affluent leaders in the nineteenth century. In fact, Sinclair was one of few people who

Radical Republicans believed that blacks were entitled to equal political opportunities and rights as whites. They also believed that Confederate leaders should be punished for what they did in the Civil War. People like representative Thaddeus Stevens and Senator Charles Sumner were extremely against Andrew Johnson's lenient policies and thought the federal government stuck its nose in state affairs too much. However, they grew tired of waiting for a change and took a direct intervention into state affairs. These Radicals believed that blacks must be given the chance to engage in a free-labor economy. In 1866, Congress created a bill to prolong the existence of the Freedmen's Bureau and then began to develop a Civil Rights bill. However, President Johnson was completely against it and vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. He said it would make the government too big. He also vetoed the Civil Rights Bill. Many Republicans were flabbergasted at how racist Johnson was.

As a current member of the conservative party, I feel the American Independent Party represents a solid platform on promoting justice and democracy in the United States. The American Independent Party started in 1967, by founder, Bill Shearer and his wife Eileen Shearer with the intention of acknowledging a country under the protection and guidance of God as the Creator of all. They established a set of theories and beliefs that include, but are not limited to; God given rights, duties to individuals, freedom from liberalism, the protection of life, the rights of families, individual defense and common defense. In accordance with the American Independent Party, my life would be greatly affected in ways of positive change and beneficial growth towards working together as a nation and as public servants to our government.

Very interesting points you brought up as to why FDR did not want to involve himself in Upton Sinclair's campaign for governor of California. Indeed, even though FDR and Upton Sinclair were both democrats, the difference is that FDR was non-partisan and Sinclar was not. Kasey, why do you believe this is so and was it because FDR was so involved in winning the election in 1932? I also got the same perception from the readings and from your post that it was a political strategy by FDR to not helping or for that matter in supporting Sinclair's campaign. FDR had too much going on with the economy and getting the country out of the devastating financial turmoil in history called "The Great Depression." My perception is that FDR's main focus

After the Federalist Party ended in the early 1800s, only one political party existed for a period of time. However, political parties once again began to emerge and become critical to political atmosphere of the country. One party, for example, was the Working Man’s Party, which emerged in 1829 and believed, “that we are, & of right ought to be entitled to equal means to obtain moral happiness,” (Doc E). The Working Man’s Party represented a specific group of people - the laborers of New York. As certain grievances and conflicts regarding certain groups of people were addressed, more Americans began to actively participate in the elections. In addition, ,more political parties began to emerge and run for office, greatly changing the ways in which people participated in elections. Moreover, political parties were crucial to the preservation of the union. Martin Van Buren writes, “The country has once flourished under a party thus constituted and may again [...] Party attachment in former times furnished a complete antidote for sectional prejudices by producing counteracting feelings,” (Doc C). The development of new political parties allows different groups to be represented that might not otherwise have a voice in politics, which creates more political involvement, and therefore more voter

Inevitably, Sinclair wrote his novel as an appeal to Socialism, because democracy failed to neither protect families and community values nor prevent the exploitation of wage labor from the hands of industry.

was the great awakening of religious beliefs. This took a lot of their time trying to

The republican ideology is a facet of the social fabric of the colonial citizens of America that may, arguably, have had the greatest affect on the struggle for independence and the formation of a constitutional form of government in the United States. The birth of the republican ideology, while impossible to place an exact date on, or even month, can be traced back more than a decade before the Revolutionary War. It can also be argued that this social machine began to function as a result of circumstances which led many colonist to choose to come to America. The uniformity of this ideology, however, would change and modify itself as circumstances warranted in the period between 1760 and 1800. It is first necessary to

“The Democratic Party at its worst is better for the country than the Republican Party at its best.” This was a statement made by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1955. Lyndon B. Johnson of course was a Democrat. Is this quote true today? That is a question that can only be answered after a careful analysis of the philosophy of the Republican and Democratic leaders that help to run this nation.

The election of the 1800 was considered to be one of the dirtiest elections. There were four people running for presidency in the 1800 election. There were two main political parties running against each other, the federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. In the Federalist parties, there was John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were the nominated candidates in the Democratic Republican party. Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the High Federalists. Both Hamilton and Adams did not like each other. This led to the Federalists party to divide into two groups, the ones who supported Hamilton and the ones who supported Adams.

All across the world there are major political parties fighting in each country in order to take control of their government. The United States of America is not an exception, as the Democratic and Republican parties compete against each other in every election in order to gain control of the US Government. These two political parties are the most popular and powerful in the US, there are very popular that other political parties have no chance on competing against these two in an election race. In order to win elections the parties need the vote of the people, the parties need for every gender to vote for them in order to have a chance in winning the election. Both parties need the vote of the men and woman, but these genders tend to vote