American history isn’t a single linear story. There are periodic changes to the political order where political parties and affiliations are reordered.

According to political scientists, there have been six different political eras in American history. Each era was a reflection of issues that confronted the country at the time.

Learn more about America’s six political eras and what caused them on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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