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chpt 11 quiz 1
social studies vocab
Term | Definition |
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plurality | the largest single share (but not receiving an absolute majority) of the total votes when there are 3 or more candidates running for the same job |
majority | winner gets more than half the votes |
landslide | an overwhelming victory |
mudslinging | attempts to ruin an opponents reputation by malicious, scandalous, or insulting attacks |
bureaucracy | the governments non-elected workers who often have their government jobs for many, many years |
spoils system | the practice of replacing the government's non-elected workers with the winning presidential candidate's supporters |
suffrage | who has the right to vote. During Jackson' s presidency , many white men who did not own property gained the right to vote |
caucus | a system in which major political candidates, like president, were chosen by committees made up of members of Congress |
nominating convention | a system in which delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidate |
secede | to break away from the United States and form a separate government |
nullification crisis | South Carolina cancelled the Tariff of 1828 and 1832 and threatened to secede from the United States if the Jackson tried to force them to pay the tariffs... |
Old Hickory | nickname given to Andrew Jackson because he was thought to be tough as a hickory stick |
Indian Removal Act | a law of Congress that allowed the Federal government to pay Native Americans to move west |
Trail of Tears | the forced winter march of Cherokee Native Americans west of the Mississippi to Oklahoma in which many died |
depression | a period in which business and employment fall to a very low level |
Panic of 1837 | a time when businesses closed, and many people lost their jobs because of President Jackson's policies |