re: 5th Grade Social Studies: Abraham Lincoln

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Sons teacher told him, his words not mine, "Abraham Lincoln was a Republican back then, but thats the same as today's Democrats".

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That would have been pretty close to the truth until the Dems abandoned Unions and the social safety net.

The Republican party came into being during the 1850's as an "unconditional union" party. One wing was abolitionist; Lincoln was not associated with that wing.

After the war the Republicans became the Grand Old Party and home to the Robber Barons. The Democratic Party dropped its affiliation with slavery, obviously and early in the 20th century became more closely allied with the progressives. That lasted up into the 1960's and then fell apart.

There really is just a uniparty now.