How did the elephant come to be the animal for the republican party?
In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, the artist drew an elephant labeled Republican Party and it just stuck!
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What groups support the republican party?
Traditionalists belong to one of the oldest branches of conse...
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What was another term used for the Democrat-Republican party in colonial times?
The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists or the Democratic-Re...
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What is the goal of the Republican party?
One of the goals of the Republican party right now is to prev...
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How did the elephant come to be the animal for the republican party?
In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, the ar...
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When and how did the republican party begin?
The Republican Party name was christened in an editorial writ...
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What were some of the forces that helped the republican party grow during the 1970s?
The GOP relied increasingly on its new base in the white Sout...
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Can you discuss the stages in the development of the republican party?
First, political development goes through particular stages t...
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When and how did the republican party begin?
The Republican Party name was christened in an editorial writ...
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How did the outcomes of the elections 1854 and 1856 affect the republican party?
In 1854, the Republican Party elected 40 members to the US Ho...
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What three groups in the south made up the Republican party?
White Southerners who joined the party were former Unionists ...
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How did McCarthy fit in with the overall strategy of the Republican Party according to Truman?
Congress in 1953 and 1954 gave McCarthy access to more power ...
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How did the republican party emerge?
The term Republican adopted in 1792 by supporters of Thomas J...
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What 3 groups made up the republican party in the south during reconstruction?
I think it was Carpetbaggers, Scalawags and Sharecroppers. No...
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What are the beliefs of the republican party?
Historically, aveRepublicans h supported the abolition of sla...
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How did moral majority help strengthen the republican party?
The Moral Majority made the Republican party a faith-based pa...
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What key issue split the republican party in the 1828 presidential election?
The Democratic-Republicans became the Democratic Party in 182...
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What year was the republican and democratic party created?
The Republican party was organized in 1854 & is the 2nd oldes...
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What was the republican party platform in 1860?
The biggest part was a railroad to the Pacific ocean, funded ...
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What is the Southern Republican Party?
In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Rep...
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Which president was a member of both the democrat and republican parties?
President Thomas Jefferson started the party that was referre...
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Why was the republican party formed?
The Republican party was created in opposition to the Kansas-...
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Who is the leading the republican party?
The Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.Mc...
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Is the american party democratic or republican?
There are two American political parties, they are Republican...
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What are the democratic and republican parties?
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the USA of 828,...
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Who is the lead Republican Party candidate for the 2012 election?
Mitt Romney is in the lead to be the Republican Party candida...
About Republican Party
The Republican Party is one of the two main political parties in the United States. The name stems from the values of republicanism promoted by Thomas Jefferson. They currently hold the majority of seats in the House of Representatives.
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