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17 Cards in this Set
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Plan of Thomas Jefferson to organize the national domain into discrete territories along with a three-stage development of government institutions.
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Ordinance of 1784
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Systematic survey of the Northwest Territory and division into mile-square plots and organization into townships.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Lands north of the Ohio River.
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Northwest Territory
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Governmental development of the west based on creating self-governing republics that would be systematically added to the Union.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from France. Consists of much of the midwest United States.
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Louisiana Purchase
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1769-1821 French Emperor and European conqueror who sold France's North American holdings to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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1767-1845 7th president; championed US as a democracy; pushed for more involvement by common man; vetoed US Bank's charter; tried to keep federal government small
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Andrew Jackson
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Aspect of party politics in which groups of political party members would gather together in order to have more solidarity and support.
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Public Togetherness
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A journal used by a political party for disseminating party information to and encouraging more active participation among grass root voters.
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Party Newspaper
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Promoting candidates as being from (and therefore representing) the common masses, rather than elite gentlemen-politicians
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Popular Campaigning
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Large meeting of party delegates for the purpose of nominating candidates, often held with much pomp and ballyhoo
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Political Convention
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Aspect of party politics in which voters are systematically rounded up and helped to get to the polling place.
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Get Out the Vote Activity
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Group of party loyalists organized to deliver the vote on election day; historically had questionable methods such as illegal buying of votes or intimidation at the polls
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Political Machine
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1767-1848 6th president; formulated Monroe Doctrine
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John Quincy Adams
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1782-1852 leading American statesman and senator during Pre-Civil War era.
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Daniel Webster
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1777-1852 American statesman and congressman; founded Whig Party
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Henry Clay
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1861-1932 American historian who studied and wrote about American Experience and its uniqueness.
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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