By songs like the negro spirituals
The left wing parties are typicallt liberal (pro-abortion, pro marriage equality, etc) - so the first answer is "liberal"
The center parties are moderate, they might hold some liberal and some conservative views.
The right-wing parties typically support conservative views.
Example of the long term impact is: A) the spread of Eastern Orthodoxy into Russia
After Byzantine empire Conquered a certain region, they required the people in that region to follow their religious teachings. In the past, Current Russian land was part of Byzantine's influenced region.
Because of this, Eastern Orthodox teaching (which adopt the values and rules introduced by the bynzantine empire) still really popular in Russia even to this day. Approximately, around half of the total eastern orthodox lives in that country, while the rest are spread nicely among the neighboring countries.
Compared to the more modern christian groups, Eastern Orthodox is considered to be more traditionalist/conservative. They require the members to follow a stricter rules than other christian groups.
It was a war between America and Russia but they never attacked each other. America believed Capitalism was better but Russia believed Communism was the best. They just argued back and forth and raced to see who could get the most weapons in the end.
The Founding Fathers of the United States were influenced by Cicero's ideas about government.