Democrats then resemble Democrats now as much as golden age Sandman resembles Neil Gaiman Sandman. Which is to say, they shared a name.
Everybody knows that once upon a time, Democrats were the conservatives and Republicans were the liberals. I don't understand why you think that's some kind of "gotcha" point.
They were conservatives. The parties have realigned many times over the years, but the one thing that has not changed is conservatives being steadfastly on the wrong side of history every time.
I see you disagree Dayton. I'm confused, don't your student materials present moral opinion as objective fact?
There were conservative Democrats in office as recently as the 2000s, and liberal Republicans if you go back to the 1970s.
Hillary was a conservative Democrat until Bernie forced her to nudge (insufficiently) to the left. That’s part of the reason she lost to the orange fool. Her inauthenticity.