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Chapter 11 Vocab.
Term | Definition |
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Majority | More than half |
Plurality | Largest single share |
Spoils system | Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters |
Caucus | a meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy |
Nominating convention | system in which delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidates |
Tariff | a tax on imports or exports |
Nuliffy | to cancel or make ineffective |
Secede | to leave or withdraw |
Relocate | to force a person or group of people to leave |
Guerilla tactics | referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized warfare |
Veto | to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law |
Depression | a period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment |
Laissez-faire | policy that government should interfere as little in the nation's economy |