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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Nagler, Joerg |
| Title, Analytic | Deutschamerikaner und das "Liberal Republican Movement" 1872 |
| Journal Title | Amerikastudien / American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1988 |
| Volume ID | Jahrgang 33 |
| Issue ID | Heft 4 |
| Location in Work | 415-438 |
| Abstract | The Liberal Republican Movement of 1872 began as a critical wing of the Republican Party during the first term of President Ulysses Grant, and it soon grew to be a true party of opposition, independent by faction. The main goals of this political movement were to hinder the reelection of Grant, to facilitate the peaceful reintegration of the South, to suspend protective tariffs, and to reform the Civil Service. The Liberal Republican Movement was an early warning of the shift of a great portion of Republican voters to the Democratic Party in the 1870s and 1880s. This article examines the role of German-American ethnic leaders within the oppositional movement of 1872. Two questions are of specific concern to the author: First, why did the movement have such a strong attraction for German-Americans (at least for their ethnic leaders) that they left the Republican Party, which they had heretofore supported? Second, to what degree was the Liberal Republican Movement an expression of ethnic politics; i.e. how and to what degree were specifically ethnic interests, in this case German-American, addressed and dealt with? |
| Call Number | MKI P91-5 |
| MKI Terms | German Americans/ Ethnic identity/ Political influence |