Jackson Era Vocabulary

Who is a candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state?

• favorite son

• spoil system

• veto

• Presidio

What is the largest number of something, but less than a majority?

• plurality

• Pueblo

• Presidio

• veto

What is greater than half of a total number of something?

• majority

• plurality

• spoil system

• mission

What is a method in elections campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad?

• mudslinging

• plurality

• support

• bureaucracy

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

• bureaucracy

• republic

• democracy

• dictatorship

What is a practice of handing out government jobs to supporters?

• spoil system

• mudslinging

• bureaucracy

• favorite son

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

• nominating conventions

• bureaucracy

• spoil system

• manumission

What is to move to another place?

• relocate

• leave

• say goodbye

• travel

What is to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming law?

• veto

• repeal

• approve

• sign into law