Objectives Unit 2: Political Participation

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    Anti-Federalists

    any person who opposes federalism
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    Federalists

    a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
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    Democratic-Republicans

    strict interpretation of the Constitution to restrict the powers of the federal government and emphasizing states' right
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    Jacksonian Democrats

    movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation
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    The Party of Lincoln (Republican)

    strove to contain the expansion of slavery, which would cause the collapse of the slave power and the expansion of freedom