Age of Jackson Word Scramble
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| TERMS | DEFINITION |
| nominating conventions | A meeting at which a political party selects it's presidential and vice presidential candidates ; first held in 1820's. |
| Jacksonian democracy | An expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administation. |
| Democratic Party | A political party formed by supporters od Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824. |
| John C. Calhoun | American politician and supported slavery and states right's, surved as vice president to Jackson, and was instumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis. |
| Spoils System | A politician's practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters. |
| Martin Van Buren | American politician and secretary of state under Jackson, he later became the 8th President of the U.S. |
| Kitchen Cabinet | President Jackson's group of informal advisors; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen. |
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