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Chapter 11 Vocabulary
8th Grade - Social Studies - Rodriquez
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01/09/2015

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Favorite Son
Definition
Candidates who receives the backing of their home state rather than that of the national party.
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Majority
Definition
More than half.
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Plurality
Definition
Largest single share.
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Mudslinging
Definition
Attempt to ruin an opponents reputation with insults.
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Landslide
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An overwhelming victory.
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote.
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Bureaucracy
Definition
A system in which non-elected officials carry out laws.
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Spoils System
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Replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.
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Caucus
Definition
Meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy.
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Nominating Conventions
Definition
System where delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidate
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Tariff
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Tax paid on imported goods.
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Nullify
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To cancel.
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Secede
Definition
Break away from. Withdraw.
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Relocate
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To force a person or group of people to move.
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Guerrilla Tactics
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Surprise attacks or raids.
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Vetoed
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Reject a bill.
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Depression
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Period in which business and employment fall to a very low level.
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Laissez-faire
Definition
Belief that the government should interfere as little as possible in the nations economy.
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Log-cabin Campaign
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Name given to William Henry Harrison's campaign for the presidency in 1840, from the Whigs' use of a log cabin as their symbol.
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Favorite Son
Definition
Candidates who receives the backing of their home state rather than that of the national party.
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