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Examining Antebellum Elections Lesson Plan

Examining Antebellum Elections Lesson Plan

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Students consider the impact of the expansion of suffrage on antebellum party alignment, examine important election issues/outcomes from 1824-1861 and the rise of the two major parties in antebellum elections, and debate issues of a legislative session.

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19th century elections, political parties, suffrage, social studies

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9th - 12th

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