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Task

Now that you've arrived, you must gather as much information as you can.  So place yourself among the townspeople and begin to understand different views of politics during this time.

From where you are, use the internet and other sources to identify, explore and understand the political system during the period of Westward Expansion in American History.  In your learning you will research, interview, and gather information to create newspaper articles, political debates and interviews of people of this time period.

Assume the role of one of the following:

Assignment 1: Whig or Democratic Party member
Assignment 2: Investigative Reporter
Assignment 3: Interview


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