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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2000
Gr 5-8 Morin traces the history of political parties in the United States, explaining how they both influenced and were affected by the issues and events of American history. She describes the evolution of our two-party system from its birth in the factionalism that surrounded the ratification of the Constitution to the present. This focus on the two-party structure provides the framework to discuss how some parties, such as the Federalists and Whigs, declined and became defunct as political conditions changed, and how others...Log In or Sign Up to Read More