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8.8.1
The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jacksonian Democracy | A period of time when more people got the right to vote and the power of the President increased. |
| mudslinging | Making fun of political enemies |
| landslide | winning an election by a large amount |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| spoils system | Giving supporters jobs |
| bureaucracy | Government workers. (the Department of Heath, State Department, Department of Education, etc) |
| caucus | meetings of congressmen to select who would run for president |
| tariff | A tax on imports. Southerners hated this. |
| nullify | cancel. (e.g. South Carolina wanted to nullify the tariff.) |
| secede | break away from. (e.g. Because of the tariff, some southerners wanted to secede from the United States.) |
| states' rights | the belief that state governments should have more power than the federal government |