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18 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Jefferson
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3rd pres. principle author of the Declaration of independence and an influential founding father of the US. He founded the Democractic-REp party and promoted the idea of asmall ed govn.
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Ordinance of 1784
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Plan of TJ to roganize the national domain into discrete territories along with a three-stage development of gon institutions
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Called for the systematic survey of the Northwest Territory and division into mile-square pltos and organization into townships
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Northwest territory
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lands north of the Ohio River
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Called for governmental development of the west based on creating self-governing republics that would be systematically added to the Union.
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Louisiana Purchase
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Land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from France. Consists of much of the midwest US.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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French Emperor and Europenan conqueror who sold France's North American holdings to the US as the Lousiana Purchase
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Andrew Jackson
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7th pres of the US, Jackson chapmpioned th US as a democracy, pushing for more political involvement by the common man. He also vetoed the US Bank's charter and made other reforms to keep the federal govn
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Public Togetherness
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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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Party newspaper
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a journal used by a political party for disseminating party info to and encouraging more active participation among the grass roots voters
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popular campaigning
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promoting candidates as being from the common masses, rather than as elite gentlemen-politicians
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Political convention
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large meeting of party delegates for the purpose of niminating candidates, often held with much pomp and ballyhoo.
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Get out the vote activity
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aspect of party politics in which voeters are systematically rounded up and helped to get to the polling place
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political machine
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group of party loyalists organized to deliver the vote on eletion day. Historically they often used questionable or illegal means such as buying votes or intimidation at the polls.
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John Quincy Adams
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Sixth Pres. Adams is known for formulating the Monroe Doctrine.
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Daniel Webster
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A leading American statesman and senator during the Pre-Civil WAr era.
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Henry Clay
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American statemsn and congressman who founded the Whig party.
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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American historian who studied and wrote avbout the AMerican experinece and what made it unique.
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