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Also Known As GOP • Grand Old Party • Anti-Nebraska Democratic Party • People’s Party
Date 1854 - present
Areas Of Involvement conservatism • capitalism • Southern strategy • laissez-faire • Why Are Two Political Parties Dominant in the U.S.? • right
Related People Anna Elizabeth Dickinson • Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms • Joseph Medill • Kate Chase Sprague • Donald Trump • Abraham Lincoln • George W. Bush • Ronald Reagan • Richard Nixon • James R. Thompson • John Connally • John Anthony Volpe • Jim Banks • George Bruce Cortelyou • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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Washington Monument. Washington Monument and fireworks, Washington DC. The Monument was built as an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington.
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