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4.3 America on the World Stage

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The 1820s–1830s brought mass democracy under Andrew Jackson. Expanding suffrage for white men created the Jacksonian Democracy. The Second Party System organized national politics: Democrats vs. Whigs.

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12 lessons

  1. 4.1The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of JeffersonPreview lesson
  2. 4.2Politics and Regional InterestsPreview lesson
  3. 4.3America on the World StageThis 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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