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1825-1838 Unit 4
Term | Definition |
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Domestic | related to one's own country |
Nominate | to chose someone to do someting, such as run for office |
Spoils system | giving government jobs to loyal supporters |
Oppression | Unfair or cruel actions by one group against another group |
Tariff | tax |
Veto | the power given to the president to turn down a bill |
Homeland | land that a person or group came from originally |
Trail of Tears | The route along with the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creek, to migrate to reservation west of the Mississippi River in the 1820's, 1830's, and 1840's |
Dictator | a person ruling a country with total control |