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What is the significance of the 2008 election?
It was the first election of a U.S. President whose ancestry is half European/ half African. It was the first time that a Democratic presidential candidate received more than 50% of the nationwide popular votes since Jimmy Carter did in 1976, and it was the first time that a Democratic presidential candidate both received more than 50% of the nationwide popular votes and carried more than 50% of the states since Lyndon Johnson did in 1964. It was also the first U.S. presidential election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent President nor the incumbent Vice President was a candidate.
What position did the republican party take on slavery in the 1850s?
The Republican Party as a whole, were against slavery. President Lincoln was a Republican. The Republican party was is the party of the republic, (a republic is the form of government the founders and framers designed), which is the United States. The party was created to give American's that believed in the Constitution a party to stand with. The Constitution is against slavery and so is the republic. The republican party was the first to have an African American and former Slave, Fredrick Douglass, as a vice presidential candidate.
What explains the political differences among African American politicians during the Reconstruction?
African American politicians had varied economic pasts.
According to Census 2000 which of these ancestries was the largest in the south region?
African American
What did the king offer the African-Americans in the American Revolution?
What did the king offer to the African Americans in the American revolution
Who was the first African American Republican presidential candidate?
ALAN KEYS
The first African American candidate to compete seriously for the presidential nomination was?
obama
What African American woman ran for president?
There has never been an African American Presidential candidate from either major political party in the US.
Who was the first African American presidential candidate nominated?
Alan Keys.
Why wasn't Frank R Beckwith listed as the first African American to run for President in your answer?
I am from Indianapolis, Indiana home of Frank R. Beckwith and when I first typed in the question "who was the first African American to run for the President of the United States his name was not listed. Mr. Beckwith ran against Richard Nixon.
Who was the first African American nominated as a presidential candidate?
The first black candidate nominated for US presidency was Frederick Douglass. His nomination was from the Kentucky delegation during the June 23, 1888 Republican convention.
Who was the First African American on a presidential ticket in the 20th century?
James W. "Jim" Ford (1893 - 1957) was the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in 1932.
What is historic about Obama's run for presidency?
He is the first African American to: 1. Be the presidential nominee for a major political party and 2. Be a formidable candidate to win and 3. If he does win, He will be the FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...that's one for tha history books.
Who was the first African American presidential appointee?
Benjamin banneker
Who was the first African American presidential candidtae nominated?
Barack Obama
What happened on 2008 election day?
Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate John McCain. Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
What is a grass roots political activity that African American women most likely participate in?
Holding socials to raise money for an African American candidate
