Preface , xix
1 BACKGROUND
AND
HISTORY, 3
Introduction , 3
Th e Rise of National Parties , 5
Party Principles , 7
One-Party Rule , 9
Th e Jacksonian Transformative Election and
Period, 1828–1860 , 10
Extension of the States , 11
Th e Rise of the Mass Party , 11
Th e Party Spoils System , 14
Democratic Superiority , 16
Th e Know Nothings , 18
Th e Transformative Election of Lincoln and
the Parties, 1854–1896 , 19
Developing Political Parties and the
Modern Two-Party System , 21
Th e Transformative Election of McKinley and
the Progressive Era, 1896–1932 , 26
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