Vocabulary
favorite son - candidate that recieves the backing of his home state rather than of the national party
majority - more than half plurality - largest single share mudslinging - attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults suffrage - the right to vote bureaucracy - system in which nonelected officials carry out laws and policies spoils system - practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing the government employees with the winning candidates's supporters caucus - a meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy nominating convention - system in which delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidate |
landslide - an overwhelming victory
tariff - a tax on imports or exports nullify - to cancel or make ineffective secede - to leave or withdraw relocate - to force a person or group of people to move guerrilla tactics - referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized warfare veto - to reject a bill and prevent it from vecinubg a law depression - a period of low ecnomic activity and wide-spread unemployment laissez-faire - policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy log cabin compaign - name given to William Henry Harrison's campaign for the presidency in1840, from the Whigs' use of a log cabin as their symbol |