Unit 6 Age of Jackson

Nullification

• A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
• The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.
• A proposed or adopted course or principle of action
• A tax on imported goods

Spoils System

• The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
• A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
• The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.
• A proposed or adopted course or principle of action

Sufferage

• the right to vote
• The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
• A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
• The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.

states' rights

• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
• the right to vote
• The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
• A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional

Resettlement

• the movement of people to a new location or settlement
• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
• the right to vote
• The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power

Tariff

• A tax on imported goods
• the movement of people to a new location or settlement
• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
• the right to vote

policy

• A proposed or adopted course or principle of action
• A tax on imported goods
• the movement of people to a new location or settlement
• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

Common Man

• The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.
• A proposed or adopted course or principle of action
• A tax on imported goods
• the movement of people to a new location or settlement