8. Republican Party
• Origin among Unionists during
Civil War
• Voters farmers and workers in
northern states
• Progressive party until 1930’s
19th amendment
16. Socialist Liberal Conservative
Ideological background
17.
18. Election of 2008
“The jobs aren’t coming back, the
immigrants aren’t going home, the
price of gas isn’t going down and we
are going to fight more wars to
defend our lifestyle. The questions is;
Who is going to lead us?...”
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21. ”Meet the Press” Oct. 19 2008
“I don’t believe [Palin] is ready to be
president of the United States,”
“I think that [Obama] has a definite way of
doing business that will serve us well,”
22. “It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did
on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has
come to America.”
