Editing Openai/69553f28-f9d0-8012-b6da-c45d050a0239 (section)

==== Bottom Line ====
* Republicans historically opposed slavery and played a key role in civil rights legislation in the 19th and mid-20th centuries. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>
* The Democratic Party historically supported slavery and segregation, but over the 20th century shifted toward civil rights and progressive causes. Encyclopedia Britannica<ref>{{cite web|title=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Democratic-Party|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>
* There wasn’t a single, clean “party soul swap,” but rather a long evolution and realignment of coalitions and issue priorities. arXiv<ref>{{cite web|title=arXiv|url=https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17733|publisher=arxiv.org|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>
* Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policy was a documented government action that caused great suffering. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-01}}</ref>

If you want, I can also provide a timeline or recommended reading list to dig deeper into these shifts with academic sources. Just let me know!