Campaign Medal, Martin Van Buren
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content: Martin Van Buren’s two presidential bids, in 1836 and 1840, both played on the Democratic party’s strength among westerners. To appeal to western voters, Democrats often aligned their vision of the country with a promise of uninhibited westward expansion. Out of this promise of freer western lands came the Manifest Destiny dogma of the 1840s, viewing American civilization as an inevitable, conquering force rolling West across the continent.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.148
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content: 2015.0200
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content: 2015.0200.148
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content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall 0.5 in: 1/2 in; 1.27 cm