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| | Third Party System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Third Party System is a term generally used by historians and political scientists to cover a period in American political history from about 1854 to the mid 1890s (see Second Party System, Fourth Party System), with major developments revolving around the issues of nationalism, modernization, and race. |
 | | As with the preceding Second Party System era, the Third was characterized by intense voter interest, routine high turnout, unflinching party loyalty, dependence on nominating conventions, hierarchical party organizations, and the systematic use of government jobs as patronage for party workers. |
 | | Cleveland's second term was ruined by a major depression, the Panic of 1893, which also undercut the appeal of the loosely-organized Populist coalitions in the south and west. |
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