H. W. Brands (Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin)
October 7, 2025
Advisor(s): Ashley Adams, NHC Teacher Advisory Council
This webinar delves into the history of American political partisanship and its lasting effects. The framers of the Constitution professed to think political parties would be the downfall of the American experiment in self-government. However, these framers dabbled in the same partisan actions which they claimed would spell ruin. While the parties they founded have changed names over the years, the philosophical divisions that gave rise to the first parties, as well as the resulting bitterness, are still with us.
Subjects
History / Political Science / Political Parties / Federalist Party / American Republican Party / United States Constitution /
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