popular government
government of the people, by the people, for the people
Ordinance of 1784
Plan of Thomas Jefferson to organize the national domain into discrete territories along with a three-stage development of government institutions.
Land Ordinance of 1785
called for the survey of the Northwest Territory, its division into mile-square plots of land, and its organization into townships
Northwest Territory
US lands north of the Ohio River; the subject of settlement plans and legislation in the early national period
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
gov’t plan for the political development of the West
called for self-governing republics that would be added systematically to the Union
Louisiana Purchase
land purchased by President Thomas Jefferson from France
much of the present-day U.S. midwest
Napoleon Bonaparte
French emperor and European conqueror who sold France’s North American holdings to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase
Andrew Jackson
- 7th POTUS
- championed US as democracy
- pushed for the common man to participate in gov’t
- resisted centralization of power in the national gov’t as evident in his veto of the charter of the U.S. Bank
- earned notoriety by signing the 1830 Indian Removal Act that forced Native Americans out of their homelands in the eastern U.S.
public togetherness
aspect of party politics in which groups of party members gathered together in conventions, demonstrations, parades, and other events for solidarity and support
party newspapers
periodical publications used by political parties to disseminate party information and encourage more active political participation among grassroots voters
popular campaigning
a shift in political campaign strategy in the early American republic, from deferring to elite gentlemen-politicians as candidates by right to promoting candidates from the masses and championing them as “common men”
Political Convention
Large meeting of party delegates for the purpose of nominating candidates, often accompanied with pomp and spectacle.
Get-Out-The-Vote Activities
political party strategy for securing votes, in which voters are rounded up and assisted in getting to polling places
political machine
- Group of party loyalists organized to deliver the vote on election day;
- often used questionable or illegal means such as buying votes or intimidation at the polls
John Quincy Adams
6th POTUS
Known for formulating the Monroe Doctrine
Daniel Webster
A leading American statesman and senator during the Pre-Civil War era
Henry Clay
American statesman and congressman who founded the Whig party
Frederick Jackson Turner
American historian who studied and wrote about what made the American experience unique; famous for articulating the frontier thesis
