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Populist party

(Encyclopedia) Populist party, in U.S. history, political party formed primarily to express the agrarian protest of the late 19th cent. In some states the party was known as the People's party.…

party, political

(Encyclopedia) party, political, organization whose aim is to gain control of the government apparatus, usually through the election of its candidates to public office. Political parties take many…

Socialist party

(Encyclopedia) Socialist party, in U.S. history, political party formed to promote public control of the means of production and distribution. In 1898 the Social Democratic party was formed by a…

Spartacus party

(Encyclopedia) Spartacus party or Spartacists, radical group of German Socialists, formed c.Mar., 1916, and led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The name was derived from the pseudonym…

American party

(Encyclopedia) American party: see Know-Nothing movement.

Congress party

(Encyclopedia) Congress party: see Indian National Congress.

Greenback party

(Encyclopedia) Greenback party, in U.S. history, political organization formed in the years 1874–76 to promote currency expansion. The members were principally farmers of the West and the South;…

Green party

(Encyclopedia) Green party, any of the political parties established in various countries to oppose the destructive environmental effects of many modern technologies and the economic systems and…

Union party

(Encyclopedia) Union party, in American history. 1 Coalition of Republicans and War Democrats in the election of 1864. Abraham Lincoln was renominated for President with Andrew Johnson, the…