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8th key terms 12
Term | Definition |
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American System | - the idea that the U.S. should have a protective tariff, a national bank, and a plan for internal improvements (such as roads and canals) |
Common man | - the average, everyday type of person |
Reservations | - pieces of land where Native Americans were sent to live |
Resettlement | - a group of people moving their lives and homes from one place to another |
Spoils system | - the idea that whoever wins the Presidential election should get to appoint his people to government positions and jobs |
States' rights | - the idea that the states should have power over the federal government |
Suffrage | - the right to vote |
Unqualified | - not having the skill or ability to do something |
Judicial review | - the power of the Supreme Court to look at laws and court decisions and decide whether or not they are constitutional |
Provision | - a clause or an exception to a law that would apply only in a certain situation |