Chapter 3 from John F. Bibby, L. Sandy Maisel, eds., Two Parties or More?: The American Party System (Westview Press, 1998)

Chapter 13 from James L. Sundquist, Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States (Brookings Institute, 1983)

Reading Packet:

• Thomas Jefferson, "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank," February 15, 1791 from Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson, ed., Thomas Jefferson: Writings (New York: The Library of America, 1984), p. 416-421.
   
• Thomas Jefferson, "Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions," October 1798 from Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson, ed., Thomas Jefferson: Writings (New York: The Library of America, 1984), p. 449-456.
   
• Thomas Jefferson, "First Inaugural Address," March 4, 1801 from Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson, ed., Thomas Jefferson: Writings (New York: The Library of America, 1984), p. 492-496.
   
• Alexander Hamilton, "Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a National Bank," February 23, 1791 from Alexander Hamilton, Morton Frisch, ed., Selected Writings and Speeches of Alexander Hamilton (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1985), p. 248-276.
   
• Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, Seventh and Last Debate at Alton, Illinois, October 15, 1858 from Abraham Lincoln, Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln: Volume III (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 283-325.
   
• Woodrow Wilson, Campaign Address in Scranton, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1912 from Woodrow Wilson, Arthur S. Link, ed., The Papers of Woodrow Wilson: Volume 25 (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1978), p. 221-229.
   
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Campaign Address on Progressive Government at the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, California, September 23, 1932 from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Samuel I Rosenman, ed., The Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Volume One: The Genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932 (New York: Russell & Russell, 1938), p. 742-756.
   
• Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative (Shepherdsville, Kentucky: Victor Publishing Company, 1960) p. 9-23, 58-67.