Jacksonian Democracy Vocabulary

What is the term for a group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy?

• Political Party

• Interest Group

• Lobbying Group

• Civic Organization

What is the term for the good of the community as a whole?

• Common Good

• Public Interest

• Individual Benefit

• Private Gain

What is the law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River?

• Indian Removal Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Trail of Tears Act

What is the process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions?

• Emancipation

• Incarceration

• Subjugation

• Oppression

What is the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution?

• Abolition

• Establishment

• Continuation

• Preservation

What is a system of enforced servitude in which people are owned by other people?

• Enslavement (slavery)

• Indentured servitude

• Feudalism

• Serfdom

What is a worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination?

• Indentured Servitude

• Apprenticeship

• Freelance Contract

• Temporary Employment

What is loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole?

• Sectionalism

• Nationalism

• Federalism

• Patriotism

What is the term for leaving or withdrawing, typically from a nation or group?

• Secede

• Annex

• Unite

• Integrate

What is a state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional?

• Nullification

• Secession

• Impeachment

• Judicial Review