The Jackson Era...chpt...11...(rj) Flashcards

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