Chapter 12 Social Studies

a candidate for national office who has the support mostly from his state

• favorite son

• plurality

• majority

the largest number of something, but less than a majority

• veto

• spoil system

• plurality

greater than half of the total number of something

• majority

• mudslinging

• plurality

a method in an election campaign that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad

• fake news

• mudslinging

• veto

a system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones

• bureaucracy

• federalism

• capitalism

the practice of handing out government job to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters

• favorite son

• relocate

• spoil system

a meeting in which representatives members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices

• nominating convention

• spoils system

• plurality

The winner of the 1824 election who was voted in by the House of Representatives

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

Who supported the National Bank?

• Democrats

• National Republicans

• Republicans

• only wealthy Americans

Who was the presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1828?

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• William Crawford