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Unit: The early republic (1800-1848)

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Politics and society in the early nineteenth century

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Culture and reform in the early nineteenth century

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In the early nineteenth century, the United States expanded rapidly, fueled by new technology, growing markets, and the extension of democracy to all white men. But this prosperity came at a cost, gobbling up the lands of Native Americans in the West and the labor of enslaved people in the South.