Unit 6 Vocabulary - Age of Jackson

What number president was Andrew Jackson

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What is the Spoils System?

• Where government spoils people by giving them money.

• A system of how to keep food from being spoiled.

• Where the government ruins people's attitudes by being mean.

• Putting friends and family in governmental jobs, even if they aren't qualified.

What does it mean if something is unconstitutional?

• It is not allowed under the constitution.

• It is meant to be taxed higher.

• It is nullified.

• It is allowed under the constitution.

What is a tariff?

• to cancel

• a tax on imported goods

• voting rights

• checks and balances

What does nullify mean?

• To cancel

• voting rights are granted

• tariffs

• separation of powers

What is the American System?

• American citizens could choose their family members to work for them with no experience.

• All men and women were taxed on every day goods.

• An economic program that included support for the national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements.

• All men and women were able to vote in America.

What is commerce?

• The ability to vote

• The buying, selling, and trading of goods

• The canceling of tariffs

• Permission to be used in the constitution

What does it mean to secede?

• To nullify the Union

• To be able to vote in the Union

• To be added to the Union

• To leave the Union.

What are states' rights?

• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

• Rights and powers held by congress rather than the federal government.

• Rights to votes

• Right to abolish slavery if they choose.

Who has the right to veto a law?

• The President of the United States

• Congress

• The Federal Government

• United States Citizens