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Age of Jackson Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| excessive regard for sectional or local interests | sectionalism |
| at least one more than half | majority |
| most compared to the next | plurality |
| the right to vote | suffrage |
| a meeting of party leaders to select canidates for the presidential election | caucus |
| the practice of giving government jobs to political backers | spoils system |
| the failure or refusal of a state to aid in the enforcment of federal laws | nullification |
| the rights that belong to the various states,and rights not delegated to the federal government | states' rights |
| to formally withdraw from an alliance | secede |
| a defensive barrier consisitng of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground | stockade |
| a dagger like steel weapon attached to the muzzle of a gun | bayonet |
| of or pertaining to heatlh or the conditions affecting health | sanitary |