SS: T8 Manifest Destiny Vocabulary

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nullification

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An action by a state that cancels a federal law to which the state objects

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ceded

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gave up

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capitalism

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an economic system in which private businesses compete in a free market

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interstate commerce

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trade between 2 or more states

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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caucus

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a meeting of members of a political party

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nominating convention

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large meetings of party delegates to choose candidates for office

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spoils system

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the practice of rewarding government jobs to supporters of a party that wins an election

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self-government

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the right of people to rule themselves independently

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Sequoyah

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leader of the Cherokee who created a written alphabet