Ch. 11
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| 398338890 | favorite son | a politician favored mainly in his or her home state | |
| 398338891 | majority | (elections) more than half of the votes | |
| 398338892 | plurality | a large indefinite number | |
| 398338893 | mudslinging | attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults | |
| 398338894 | landslide | an overwhelming electoral victory | |
| 398338895 | suffrage | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution to vote | |
| 398338896 | bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials (nonelected) | |
| 398338897 | spoils system | the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power | |
| 398338898 | caucus | a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office | |
| 398338899 | nominating convention | an official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office | |
| 398338900 | tariff | a government tax on imports or exports | |
| 398338901 | nullify | to cancel | |
| 398338902 | secede | to leave or withdraw | |
| 398338903 | relocate | move or establish in a new location | |
| 398338904 | guerrilla tactics | referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized warfare | |
| 398338905 | veto | vote against | |
| 398338906 | depression | a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | |
| 398338907 | laissez-faire | policy based on the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in the economy | |
| 398338908 | log cabin campaign | A campaign to show the laborers and farmers that the candidate was a man of the people. |
