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Jackson Wins Pres
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| majority | a group making up more than half of a larger group |
| Whig Party | a U.S. political party active between 1832 and 1858 that backed government support for the economy |
| Democratic Party | a U.S. political party dating from the 1820s to the present that at first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years |
| spoils system | the practice of giving supporters government jobs |
| shrewd | clever, smart |
| faction | a smaller group within a larger group |
| retaliatory | having the quality of revenge or payback |
| Infastructure | Basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society and its economy (examples: system of roads, bridges, and tunnels) |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th President of the United States. military hero. He supported full democratic rights for all white men, Indian removal, and a limited federal government |
| John Quincy Adams | 6th president of the United States. He supported a more involved role for the federal government in education and the economy |