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Roughly 25 percent of eligible voters had cast ballots in 1828. In 1840, voter participation surged to nearly 80 percent. The differences between the parties were largely about economic policies. Whigs advocated accelerated economic growth, often endorsing federal government projects to achieve that goal.
The first new party, the small and politically weak Liberty Party founded in 1840, was a single-issue party, as were many of those that followed it. Its members were abolitionists who fervently believed slavery was evil and should be ended, and that this was best accomplished by political means.
first time in world history the governed were closely identified with their government. "No political conception was more important to Americans in the Revolutionary era than representa-tion." Through the process of election, Americans determined who controlled their governing bodies. On the one hand, government remained an institu-
15 gru 2009 · Westward expansion, the 19th‑century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail and a belief in "manifest...
3 dni temu · In 1840–41 he had forced the Chinese ports open to foreign trade, and, by the Treaty of Nanjing (1842), he had acquired Hong Kong for Britain. In 1857 he went to war in China again and, when defeated in Parliament, appealed triumphantly to the country.
In 1840, voter participation surged to nearly 80 percent. The differences between the parties were largely about economic policies. Whigs advocated accelerated economic growth, often endorsing federal government projects to achieve that goal.
The 1840's and the Democratic Process BY AVERY CRAVEN The most significant thing about the American Civil War is that it represents a complete breakdown of the democratic process.' After years of strain, men ceased to discuss their problems, dropped the effort to compromise their differences, refused to abide by the results of a na-
