From Lincoln to Trump: What Happened to the Republican Party?
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The Republican Party and the Industrial Revolution
Political parties in America are so broad and comprehensive, they always have to be an amalgam of a bewildering array of interests. The critical phrase that helps us to understand what the Republican Party was aiming to do is that of the independent producer. So it includes both the small farmers, the small manufacturers, the small merchants,. At the same time values enterprise and those people who are growing their small enterprises into very large enterprises.
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