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| 324613304 | favorite son | candidates that recieved the backing of their home states rather than the nation | |
| 324613305 | majority | more than half | |
| 324613306 | plurality | largest single share | |
| 324613307 | landslide | an overwhelming victory | |
| 324613308 | mudslinging | attempts to ruin an opponents reputation with insults | |
| 324613309 | suffrage | the right to vote | |
| 324613310 | bureaucracy | a system in which nonelected officials carry out laws | |
| 324613311 | spoils system | the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters | |
| 324613312 | caucus | a system where major political candidates were chosen by committees made up of members of Congress | |
| 324613313 | nominating conventions | where delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidate | |
| 324613314 | tariff | a fee payed by merchants who imported goods | |
| 324613315 | nullify | cancel | |
| 324613316 | secede | break away | |
| 324613317 | relocate | move or establish in a new location | |
| 324613318 | guerrilla tactics | making suprise attacks and then retreating back into the swamps or woods | |
| 324613319 | veto | reject | |
| 324613320 | depression | a period in which buisiness and employment fall to a very low level | |
| 324613321 | laissez-faire | principle that the government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy | |
| 324613322 | log cabin campaign | name given to William Henry Harrison's campaign for the presidency in 1840, from the Whigs' use of a log cabin as their symbol | |
| 324615851 | states' rights | that the states have many rights and powers that are independent of the federal government |
