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favored strong central government (1780s-1801) |
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"Loose" interpretation of the Constitution (1780s-1801)
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Encouragement of commerce and manufacturing (1780s-1801) |
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Favored flose ties with Britain (1780s-1801) |
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Emphasized order and stability (1780s-1801) |
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Emphasized states' rights (1780s-1801) |
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"Strict" interpretation of the Constitution (1780s-1801) |
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Preference for agriculture and rural life (1780s-1801) |
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Strength in South and West (1780s-1801) |
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stressed civil liberties and trust in the people (1780s-1801) |
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the party of tradition (1836-1850) |
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looked backward to the past (1836-1850) |
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spoke to the fears of Americans (1836-1850) |
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opposed banks and corporations as state-legislaated economic privilege (1836-1850) |
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opposed state=legislated reforms and preferred individual freedom of choice (1836-1850) |
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were Jeffersonian agrarians who favored farms and rural independence and the right to own slaves (1836-1850) |
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favored rapid territorial expansion over space by purchase or war (1836-1850) |
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believed in progress through external growth (1836-1850) |
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ideology of agrarianism, slavery, states rights, territorial expansion was favored in the South (1836-1850) |
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the party of modernization; looked forward to the future (1836-1850) |
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spoke to the hopes of Americans (1836-1850) |
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wanted to use federal and state government to promote economic growth, especially transportation and banks (1836-1850) |
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advocated reforms such as temperance and public schools and prison reform (1836-1850) |
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were entrepreneurs who favored industry and urban growth and free labor (1836-1850) |
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favored gradual territorial expansion over time and opposed the Mexican War (1836-1850) |
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believed in progress through internal growth (1836-1850) |
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ideoplogy of urbanization, industrialization, federal rights, commercial expansion was favored in the North (1836-1850) |
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ran abolitionist candiidate James Birney for president in 1844; won only 2% of the vote but drew votes from the Whigs, especially in New York |
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not abolitionist but opposed to expansion of slavery in the territories |
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won 10% of thepopular vote with Martin Van Buren as their candidate in 1848 |
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lost 50% of their support in 1852 when their candidate repudiated the Compromise of 1850 |
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Became split over the slavery issue
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Southern ________ Whigs who eventually joined the Democratic Party
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Northern ________ Whigs moved to new parties, i.e.Free Soil and, later, the Republican Party |
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foinded in 1854 when a coalition of Independent Democrats, Free Soilers, and Conscience Whigs united in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill |
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stressed free labor and opposed the extension of slavery in the territiories ("Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men!")
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John C. Frémont was the first presidential candidate of this party (1856) |
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