New Departure

(noun)

The political strategy used by the Democratic Party in the United States after 1865 to distance itself from its proslavery history in an effort to broaden its political base, and to focus on issues—especially economic ones—where it had more of an advantage.

Related Terms

Examples of New Departure in the following topics:

  • Change in the Democratic Party

    • In response, the Democrats tried a strategy called the "New Departure."
    • This "New Departure" offered the chance for a clean slate without having to symbolically fight the Civil War every election.
    • In the South, Democrats who embraced the "New Departure" called themselves "Redeemers."
    • In the lower South, violence continued and new insurgent groups arose.
    • The "New Departure" was strongly opposed by large factions of Democrats in the Deep South, who professed loyalty to the Confederate legacy.

  • Introduction to Benevolent Dictators

    • Operational health is the project's ongoing ability to incorporate new code contributions and new developers, and to be responsive to incoming bug reports.
    • See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor. ) Technical success is not hard to achieve, but without a robust developer base and social foundation, a project may be unable to handle the growth that initial success brings, or the departure of charismatic individuals.
    • Some involve a formal governance structure, by which debates are resolved, new developers are invited in (and sometimes out), new features planned, and so on.

  • Meaning in Nonrepresentational Art

    • Abstract art, nonfigurative art, nonobjective art, and nonrepresentational art are related terms that indicate a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art.
    • As an early modernist in search of new modes of visual expression and spiritual expression, he theorized (as did contemporary occultists and theosophists) that pure visual abstraction had corollary vibrations with sound and music.

  • Codices of the Aztecs

    • The third section is focused on rituals and ceremonies, particularly those that end the 52-year cycle, when the "new fire" must be lit.
    • The Aubin Codex is a pictorial history of the Aztecs from their departure from Aztlán through the Spanish conquest to the early Spanish colonial period, ending in 1607.
    • The first page of this Aztec codex depicts the departure from Aztlán.

  • Sales Training

    • Other benefits that both may enjoy are increased job satisfaction, motivation and morale; increased efficiency, resulting in financial gain; increased capacity to adopt new technologies and methods; increased innovation in strategies and products; reduced employee turnover; and enhanced company image, reputation and customer satisfaction (particularly in the case of salespeople).
    • The training of a salesperson who will be working in a country other than his or her own can be broken into three segments—pre-departure, on-site, and repatriation.
    • The pre-departure training consists of formal language training, training with respect to the local culture (culture sensitivity), education about the country (history, geography, government, etc.), and education about the company's operation in the foreign country.

  • Perishability

    • An airline, such as Delta Airlines shown in, can only sell seats on an airplane prior to departure.
    • An empty seat on a plane never can be utilized and charged after departure.
    • For example, an airline can only sell seats on an airplane prior to the departure.
    • An empty seat on a plane never can be utilized and charged after departure.

  • Women and Slavery

    • This was a departure from English common law, which held that children took their father's status.
    • A considerable class of free people of color developed in and around New Orleans and Mobile.
    • By the late 1700s, New Orleans had a relatively formalized system of plaçage among Creoles of color, which continued under Spanish rule.

  • Modern Sculpture

    • Rodin is credited with ushering in a new approach and subject matter to the creation of sculpture.
    • Rodin's work signified a departure from the traditional themes of mythology and allegory prevalent during his time, and instead modeled the human body with intense realism, celebrating the individual character, psychological states, and physicality of his subjects.

  • In Quest of Freedom

    • The evacuation of Charleston in December 1782 saw the departure of more than 5,000 blacks.
    • They sailed to New York, England, and Nova Scotia.
    • In New York, the British created a registry of escaped slaves, called the "Book of Negroes".
    • On January 15, 1792, 1,193 blacks left Halifax for West Africa and a new life.
    • John Jay (1745–1829), founder of the abolitionist organization New York Manumission Society in 1785.

  • Gibbons v. Ogden

    • The decision overturned the New York state legislature's monopoly over certain steamships operating between New York and New Jersey.
    • Indeed, Marshall's opinion in Gibbons would be cited by the Supreme Court much later when it upheld aspects of the New Deal in cases like Wickard v.
    • Aaron Ogden filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of New York asking the court to restrain Thomas Gibbons from operating on the waters of Ogden's route between Elizabethtown, New Jersey and New York City.
    • The Court of Chancery of New York and the Court of Errors of New York ruled in favor of Ogden, and issued an injunction restricting Gibbons from operating Ogden's boats.
    • This theory entails, therefore, that the E.C Knight decision may be viewed not as a radical departure, but as a continuation of the original jurisprudence.