Republican Party Research

Facts/Details

• Republicans established the Transcontinental Railroad.
• Republicans passed the 14th Amendment
• They opposed Plessy v. Ferguson
• A Republican wrote Brown v. Board of Education
• Passed 1957 Civil Rights Act
• Refer to themselves as the 'Peoples Party"
• The symbol for the party is the Elephant
• They pride themselves in adopting causes such as abolition, free speech, and women's suffrage.
• Thomas Nast, a cartoonist for "Harper's Weekly", created the elephant symbol.
• The Republicans believe individuals, not government, can make the best decisions.
• They are anti-big government.
• They have a history in advocating equality. IE: women's rights, integration.
• They became a national party in 1856
• they are called Republicans because it alludes to equality
• They freed the slaves.