Bill Clinton won the Presidential Election in 1992 with a plurality of the votes, as a three way race between Clinton, President George Bush, and Texas billionaire Ross Perot created odd electoral coalitions. Clinton's coalition did see a new Democratic Party base emerge, however, by keeping urban liberals and African-Americans who had voted for Democrats in previous elections, and also appealing to moderate voters and young voters who felt lost in either party previously.

From the formation of the Republican Party in 1860, as the abolitionist party of Abraham Lincoln, through to the mid-twentieth century, the Southern states that made up the Confederacy became known as "the Solid South" because of their consistent voting for Democratic candidates at all levels. By 1964, circumstances had changed, as more liberal Democrats became the champions of Civil Rights for African-Americans, and Republicans began embracing more conservative economic ideas. Barry Goldwater, an Arizona Senator and arch-conservative with a limited view of government, became the first Republican to break the Solid South, thanks to his opposition to Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Goldwater lost handily to Johnson, but began to reshape the Republican Party by winning the electoral votes of former Confederate states.

In the immediate aftermath of America's victory in World War I, a panic developed over spreading communism. In all actuality, organized political Communism never gained much strength in America, but many events gave an impression to politicians and society at large that communism was a growing threat. Chief among these was the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which broke out in 1917. In 1919 in America, however, increased labor activity such as strikes, led fear of rising communist influence, which was exacerbated by a series of bombings against capitalists and riots in major cities.

President Roosevelt used the term "bully pulpit" to refer to the president's ability to pass his/her agenda on to the public. Roosevelt himself expanded the power of the presidency by taking issues directly to the people, and thus succeeded in fulfilling his own agenda while president.

President Franklin Roosevelt implemented a lot of agencies, administrations, committees, and acts during as part of the New Deal (may of which still exist today), however, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was signed in to being by President Richard Nixon in 1970 due to increasing public concern about human interactions with the environment.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) is one of the most significant court cases in United States history, separate but equal, the doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was overturned. The justices unanimously found that separate facilites are inherently detrimental to African Americans and were not protected by the Constitution under the 14th Amendment.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) established the separate but equal doctrine.

Loving v. Virginia (1967) ruled that laws agains interracial marriage were unconstitutional.

Texas v. Johnson (1989) found that flag burning is protected free speech.

Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) ruled that mandatory prayer is prohibited in public schools.

Humphrey, who was the Mayor of Minneapolis and the Democratic Candidate for Senator from Minnesota in 1948, gave a rousing opening speech that stated "the time has come for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights!" Immediately, many conservative Southern delegates, led by South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, stormed out in protest. These delegates formed the short-live "States' Rights Party," better known as the "Dixiecrats," for their typically Southern position on Civil Rights. Thurmond would win three states as a Presidential candidate in 1948, but the Dixiecrats never held much political influence after, and Thurmond became a Republican in 1964 due to his opposition to the Civil Rights Act.

The Teapot Dome Scandal was the name given to Albert B. Fall's criminal involvement with the leasing of the petroleum reserves in Wyoming and California.

Strom Thurmond ran on the 1948 presidential ticket under the banner of the short-lived segregationist States' Rights Democratic Party, better known as the Dixiecrats.

President Harding used the term in his campaign for the 1920 election to emphasize that he intended to prioritize getting the country back to "normal" after the disruption caused by World War I. And no, "normalcy" is not a word, a fact that has frequently been used to ridicule Harding both at the time and in the years to come.