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8.8.1
The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
Question | Answer |
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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 |