Question

Select the two true statements about the Democratic Party. It is the oldest political party in the United States. The Democrats won the Presidency in the 90's but lost control of the Congress. The Democratic party won considerable political strength during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat. In the 1850's Democrats fought over the slavery issue in California.

Answer 1

It is the oldest political party in the United States, and the Democrats won the Presidency in the90's but lost control of the Congress.

Answer 2

Answer:

The two true statements about the Democratic Party are:

-It is the oldest political party in the United States.

-The Democrats won the Presidency in the 90's but lost control of the Congress.

Explanation:

-The Democratic Party was founded in 1828, 191 years ago, as a dismemberment of the Democratic-Republican Party. While other political parties were founded previously, none of them is active. Of the active political parties, the Republican Party was created twenty-six years later, in 1854.

-The Democrats returned to power in 1993, with Bill Clinton's victory in the presidential election, 12 years after the departure of Jimmy Carter. In his first two years in office, Clinton ruled as a typical Democrat of the second half of the twentieth century; causing the State to intervene in the economy and spend a lot. He wanted to solve the problems by spending more and without reducing the bureaucracy; and even wanted to push for a health reform (designed by his wife Hillary) that greatly increased the role of the state in the health system (to the point that some critics talked about proposing to "socialize" health) which also implied a considerable increase in government spending.

The result of these measures was that the economy not only did not improve, but worsened. That is why the Republican Party won the mid-term legislative elections (1994) and, for the first time in several decades, the Republicans became the majority in Congress.