5.2- the republican party

Question 1

How did the republican party begin?

Answer 1

• wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery
• very little support from Southern voters

Question 2

When did the republican party start to shift right?

Answer 2

After/ during the Civil War, northern Republicans became very rich and abandoned the fight for black citizens.

Question 3

How did 2013 create a breading ground for Trump in the republican party?

Answer 3

2013: ‘The Gang of 8’ (a bipartisan group) passed an immigration reform bill that led to white southern voters feeling alienated.

Question 4

What was the Southern strategy?

Answer 4

strategy to increase support for republicans in the south

Question 5

What are key policies on the current party platform?

Answer 5

• block illegal immigrants from becoming eligible for state help
• protect unborn life
• cut taxes
• increase criminal penalties
• implement fair trade deals

Question 6

Give an example that shows there are divides within the republican party.

Answer 6

• republicans won back the house in 2022
• they had to go through 15 rounds of voting before securing Kevin McCarthy as speaker

Question 7

what is the republican study committee? give an example.

Answer 7

• strong links to “religious right”
• moral position rooted in evangelical Protestantism
• support conservative economic and foreign policy
• e.g Ted Cruz

Question 8

what are the fiscal conservatives? give an example.

Answer 8

• advocates small government, free market
• fiscally and socially conservative (some are fiscally libertarian)
• American nationalism
• e.g Marjorie Taylor Green and Rand Paul

Question 9

What is the republican governance group? Give an example

Answer 9

• economically conservative
• socially moderate
• called RINOS (Republican in name only)
• pragmatic
• e.g susan collins

Question 10

Who are the Warhawks/neo-conservatives? When were they prominent?

Answer 10

• interventionist foreign policy
• prominent in early 2001 during George Bush’s presidency

Question 11

why was McCarthy removed as speaker of the House in 2023?

Answer 11

• agreed that only one person had to call for his removal and it would go to a vote
• he agreedon a budget resolution with the Democrats to prevent a government shutdown
• opposed by the House Freedom Caucus

Question 12

What is the House Freedom Caucus?

Answer 12

• VERY anti-immigration
• was formed in 2015 out of the ‘tea party movement’

Question 13

What are the biggest areas of agreement between party factions?

Answer 13

• tax cuts to varying extents

Question 14

What are the biggest areas of disagreement?

Answer 14

• immigration: moderates not as hostile towards immigration

Question 15

what are ‘religios rights’

Answer 15

• socially conservative evangelicals
• traditionalist policies

Question 16

how are republicans different to conservatives on health care?

Answer 16

• conservatives support free health care at the point of enrty
• conservative position is arguably due to the dominance of one nation conservatives in the uk
• republicans want to repeal that ACA and remove the individual mandate (‘forces’ people to have health insurance)

Question 17

how are republicans similar to conservatives?

Answer 17

• both take a strong position on immigration
• republicans were hostile to the dream act and some supported the building of tr all
• conservatives are considering the implementation of the rawanda bill

Question 18

how do republicans and conservatives differ on the issue of rights? Give examples of this in practice.

Answer 18

• conservative are more progressive on womens and LGBT rights
• republicans championed the reveral of roe v was
• the majority of republicans opposed thr respect for marriage act 2022
• conservatives pushed for the same sex marriage act 2013 (coalition, lib dem policy)

Question 19

give an example that suggests state divides witin the republican party.

Answer 19

• the 2022 respect for marriage act
• missouri senators: one voted in favour, one voted against

Question 20

give an example from the presidential elections that suggests divides within the republican party.

Answer 20

• when nicki halllie dropped out did not endorese trump