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The American Journey

"DMS" The American Journey Ch.11

termsdefinitions
favorite son a candidate that receives backing from his/her home state
majority more than half of the electoral votes
plurality largest single share
mudslinging attempts to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults
landslide overwhelming victory
suffrage right to vote
bureaucracy system in which nonelected officials carry out laws
spoils system practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters
caucus system where political candidates were chosen by committees make up of members of Congress
nominating convention replaced the caucus because delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidate
tariff fee paid by merchants who imported goods
nullify cancel
secede to break away from the United States to form one's own government
relocate move from one place to another location
guerrilla tactics hiding (as in forests and swamps) and making surprise attacks and then retreating back into hiding
veto rejected
depression a period in which business and employment fall to a very low level
laissez-faire idea that government should interfere (get involved) as little as possible in the nation's economy (businesses/employment)
log cabin campaign showing William Harrison in political cartoons as a wealthy man in front of a log cabin to show that this candidate was a "man of the people" (he was a person that would do things for people like the workers and farmers).
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