Expanding Democracy

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Across
  1. 2. A closed-door system where a small group of leaders picked candidates without the public.
  2. 7. A shift in power from wealthy elites to average farmers and workers.
  3. 9. Jackson’s policy of cycling people out of government jobs to prevent "career politicians" and give more citizens a chance to serve.
Down
  1. 1. The removal of property rules, allowing nearly all white men to vote.
  2. 3. A political landscape dominated by two major opposing sides—at this time, the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whigs.
  3. 4. The first labor-focused political organizations that fought for things like the 10-hour workday and free public education.
  4. 5. The practice of rewarding loyal political supporters with government jobs, regardless of their experience.
  5. 6. A short-lived "third party" that feared secret societies and was the first to use a national convention to pick its candidate.
  6. 8. The first labor parties formed to fight for workers' rights and public schools.