American republicanism

Examples of American republicanism in the following topics:

• American Republicanism

  • American republicanism is a political ideology that sees government as the pursuit of common good by a virtuous, participating citizenry.
  • Drawing from colonial experience, British political liberties, classical Roman and Greek culture, and various notions of civic virtue, intellectuals and leaders devised a political theory known as "American republicanism".
  • American republicanism is a multifaceted ideological conception that provoked stark disagreement among those who enshrined it as the foundation of the United States political system.
  • The "Founding Fathers" were strong advocates of republican values who were involved in the shaping of the American political system.
  • For example, during Washington's two terms as president, Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans clashed over numerous domestic matters and, in this conflict, drew on conflicting visions of classical republicanism to advocate for two distinct socio-economic visions of American society.

• The Rise of the Republican Party

  • Following the collapse of the Whigs during the election of 1852, a major realignment of the American political party system occurred with former Whigs splintering into various political factions.
  • Anti-immigration and temperance movements formed the platform of the emerging American ("Know-Nothing") Party, while those interested in the economic development of the West and Northern finance and business were attracted to the Republican Party.
  • Republicans were opposed to the perceived "anti-modernity" of the Southern slave culture and rallied behind the slogan of “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men”, which they argued was representative of classical American republicanism.
  • This ideology cast the Republicans as the true heirs of the Jeffersonians.
  • Opponents of the expansion of slavery encompassed a variety of viewpoints, including those who resented Southern political power, were committed to free labor as the future of American industry, or were morally opposed to slavery itself (for example, abolitionists from the more radical wings of the Republican Party).

• The Republican Alternative

  • The Democratic-Republican Party, was an American political party founded around 1791 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
  • The Republican Party, usually called the Democratic-Republican Party, was an American political party founded about 1791 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
  • Instead, this group of republicans expressed admiration of the French Revolution, defended states' rights ideologies as articulated by the Anti-Federalists, and extolled yeoman farmer agriculture as the backbone of the American economy rather than commerce or manufacturing.
  • Despite the fact that Britain was America's leading trading partner, Republicans feared that trade alliances with Britain would undermine the American republican project.
  • Federalists spread rumors that the Republicans were radicals who would ruin the country, while the Republicans accused Federalists of destroying republican values by favoring aristocratic, anti-republican principles.

• The "Reign of Witches"

  • The "Reign of Witches" was a descriptive catchphrase used by Democratic-Republicans to criticize the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • "The Reign of Witches" is a termed used by Democrat-Republicans to describe the Federalist party and John Adams after the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • They were signed into law by President John Adams and were intended as a direct political attack on the Democrat-Republicans.
  • Despite the XYZ Affair and the Quasi War, which had incited francophobic sentiment in the majority of the American public, Democrat-Republicans remained pro-French and outspoken critics of the Federalist administration.
  • The Federalists, on the other hand, were suspicious of the Democrat-Republican party's affinity for France, especially since in the released dispatches of the XYZ affair, agent "Y" had boasted of the existence of a "French" party in American politics.

• The Republican Party

  • The Republican Party is a major political party in the U.S, along with the Democratic Party; its platform reflects American conservatism.
  • Currently the party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S. political spectrum.
  • American conservatism of the Republican Party is not wholly based upon rejection of the political ideology of liberalism, as many principles of American conservatism are based upon classical liberalism.
  • Rather the Republican Party's conservatism is largely based upon its support of classical principles against the modern liberalism of the Democratic Party that is considered American liberalism in contemporary American political discourse.
  • The party's founding members chose the name "Republican Party" in the mid-1850s as homage to the values of republicanism promoted by Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party.

• The Soul of a Republic

  • This approach produced the American political ideology of republicanism, which by 1775 had become widespread in the United States.
  • Republicanism, based on both ancient Greek and Renaissance European thought, has been a central part of American political culture and it strongly influenced the Founding Fathers.
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  • The open question of the conflict between personal economic interest (grounded in John Locke's philosophy of liberalism) and classical republicanism troubled Americans.
  • Widely held republican ideals led American revolutionaries to found institutions such as the Society of the Cincinnati, which was founded to preserve the ideals and camaraderie of officers who served in the American Revolution.

• Republican Motherhood

  • "Republican Motherhood" is a twentieth-century term describing an attitude toward the role of women in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution.
  • It centered on the belief that the patriots' daughters should be raised to uphold the ideals of republicanism in order to pass on republican values to the next generation.
  • "Republican Motherhood" describes a kind of civic duty.
  • Although the notion of Republican Motherhood initially encouraged women in their private roles, it eventually resulted in increased educational opportunities for American women, as typified by Mary Lyon and the founding in 1837 of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (later renamed "Mount Holyoke College").
  • Explain the concept of "Republican Motherhood" and how it shaped the role of women in American society

• Political Parties from 1800–1824

  • The First Party System is a model of American politics used by political scientists and historians to periodize the political party system existing in the United States between roughly 1792 and 1824.
  • The Federalists were dominant until 1800, and the Republicans were dominant after 1800.
  • The Federalists appealed to the business community, the Republicans to the planters and farmers.
  • Perhaps even more important was foreign policy, where the Federalists favored Britain because of its political stability and its close ties to American trade, while the Republicans admired the French and the French Revolution.
  • American policy was neutrality, with the Federalists hostile to France, and the Republicans hostile to Britain.

• Uniting Competing Factions Within the Party

  • Democratic and Republican Parties have historically taken ideologically ambiguous positions in order to attract a wide range of supporters.
  • Instead of adopting polarizing ideological views, the Democratic and Republican Parties stand for the core American values of liberty, democracy, and equal opportunity that appeal to many Americans.
  • However, some broad differences still exist between the Democratic and Republican Parties.
  • Meanwhile, the Republican Party tends to favor a more conservative view advocating a free market economic system and limited government intervention in the lives of citizens.
  • Some have even contended that American parties have become more ideologically distinct in the last three decades as party leaders begin to express polarized opinions on national issues.

• The Modern Era of Political Parties

  • Roosevelt, which has strongly influenced American liberalism, has shaped much of the party's agenda since 1932, and Roosevelt's New Deal coalition controlled the White House until 1968.
  • The party presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction but was harried by internal factions and scandals toward the end of the 19th century.
  • Today, the Republican Party supports an American conservative platform, with foundations in economic liberalism, fiscal conservatism, and social conservatism.
  • Bush was the 19th Republican to hold that office.
  • USA Today's review of state voter rolls indicates that registered Republicans declined in 21 of the 28 states that register voters by party, and that Republican registrations were down 350,000 in 2011.