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DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
During the 1920s and 1930s
democracy
in the United States differed
from the European systems
in various ways
The main difference was
bipartisanship
a two-party political system
The Republican Party
was a right-wing
conservative party
that defended
capitalism
free market economy
They opposed government
intervention in the economy
because they believed
it restricted
companies' freedom
They opposed
the trade unions
because they limited the
freedom of business owners
The Republicans
generally represented the interests
of wealthy business owners
The Democratic Party
was a left-wing party
that also defended
capitalism
They supported
government intervention
in the economy
the existence of trade unions
They represented
the interests of the
middle class
working class
After the First World War
the Republicans
were in government
They established
a conservative policy
which limited the power
of the trade unions
They had an isolationist
foreign policy
rejecting
foreign influence
military alliances
They encouraged
patriotism
supporting
a white Anglo-Saxon
protestant America
Klu Klux Klan
A racist organisation
that attacked
the black population
immigrants
believed
in white Anglo-Saxon
protestant supremacy
The Republicans
failed to provide solutions
to the problems
of the economic crisis
of 1929
President Roosevelt
established
the New Deal
in 1933
which increased
the participation of the government
in the economy
society of the United States
the Democrats
returned to power
when Franklin Roosevelt
won the presidential elections
in 1932
Gangsters
The conservative Republicans
approved laws
in their opinion
improved the morality
of the population
they established prohibition
which made it illegal
to manufacture
sell alcohol
Prohibition laws
led to the appearance of
large scale illegal smuggling
production
distribution
sale of alcoholic drinks
controlled by the mafia
Organised crime run
by gangsters arose
In 1931
the police arrested
Al Capone
one of the most famous
gangsters
