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4.1 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson

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The election of 1800 represented the first peaceful transfer of power between rival parties in modern history, shifting leadership from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans. Thomas Jefferson’s presidency embodied republican simplicity and equality but revealed tensions between principle and pragmatism.

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  1. 4.1The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of JeffersonThis lesson
  2. 4.2Politics and Regional InterestsPreview lesson
  3. 4.3America on the World StagePreview lesson
  4. 4.4Market Revolution: IndustrializationOpen lesson
  5. 4.5Market Revolution: Society and CultureOpen lesson
  6. 4.6Expanding DemocracyOpen lesson
  7. 4.7Jackson and Federal PowerOpen lesson
  8. 4.8The Development of an American CultureOpen lesson
  9. 4.9The Second Great AwakeningOpen lesson
  10. 4.10An Age of ReformOpen lesson
  11. 4.11African Americans in the Early RepublicOpen lesson
  12. 4.12The Society of the South in the Early RepublicOpen lesson

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