Leaders of the American Revolution hated the idea of political parties. …show more content…
The Republican party is a big advocate towards a strong national government. The Republican Party, like the former Federalist Party was mostly located in the North. One of the most famous and first presidents of the Republican party was Abraham Lincoln. The Republican mascot, the elephant, was developed from the idea of a political cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly. Afterthe American Civil War, the Republican Party dominated the political system. Its support of protective tariffs gained it the support of powerful industrialist and the Northern urban areas, and Northern and Midwestern farmers, and most immigrant groups. The Republican Party lost its dominating position after the Great depression, it later re-emerged with the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, during which the Republican Party took a strong anti-communist stance and civil rights legislation and advocated lower taxes for the