{"id":12359,"date":"2018-06-14t11:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-14t18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=12359"},"modified":"2018-03-21t20:20:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22t03:20:37","slug":"apush-themes-party-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/ap\/apush-themes-party-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"themes across apush: party politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

the focus of this blog post will be for you to practice the skill of identifying changes and continuities<\/a> throughout apush with one theme in mind: party politics<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

we know that getting all the details about what happened in u.s. history (let alone explaining the significance of those events) can be hard. that\u2019s why we have created this series of posts that gives you a brief overview of one theme at a time, along with tips to help you think about patterns of change and continuity. ready to dive in? let\u2019s go! <\/p>\n

a brief overview of political parties <\/h3>\n

before we dive into the theme for this post, it\u2019s important for me to point out two things.<\/p>\n

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  1. this is not ap us government, and this blog post will be looking at the development of political parties in the united states as a historical phenomenon.<\/li>\n
  2. because of #1, this blog post will not get into the nuances of each political party.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    now that we have gotten those two things out of the way, let me try to orient you to what this blog post will be doing. in order to look at the development of political parties in the united states as a historical phenomenon, we will be examining three historical periods.<\/p>\n

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    1. the early republic <\/li>\n
    2. the age of jacksonian democracy<\/li>\n
    3. political machines<\/li>\n
    4. the civil rights movement <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      the astute student (which i am sure you are!) likely noticed that there are several events missing; in any survey of history, there likely will be!<\/p>\n

      however, i want you to think about how the four themes above might change if i chose different events to highlight for the development of political parties. furthermore, as always, keep a close eye on multiple themes that might be important in the events that i do<\/em> highlight. <\/p>\n

      apush themes: party politics<\/h3>\n

      1. the early republic<\/h4>\n

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      \nportrait of james madison, writer of the federalist 10 (      source<\/a>)<\/center><\/p>\n

      if you\u2019ve read any of the federalist papers, you likely know that there were a lot of conflicting opinions about how to run the country once the united states actually became a country. this sentiment is, perhaps, best articulated by james madison in federalist 10<\/a>. here, he writes:<\/p>\n