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1
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Who were the presidential candidates that are backed by their home states

A

Favorite Sons

2
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What is the popular and largest share of votes

A

Plurality

3
Q

Who had to select a president for the election of 1824

A

House of Representatives

4
Q

Who did the House of Representatives select for president

A

John Quincy Adams

5
Q

Who won the elections because he was a patriot, popular, war hero, and a self-made man

A

Jackson

6
Q

What is an system in which non elected officials carry out laws

A

Bureaucracy

7
Q

What system replaces the current government employees with supporters of th winner of the election

A

Spoil System

8
Q

What system let’s party leaders choose the candidates

A

Caucus System

9
Q

What is a tax on imported goods

A

Tariff

10
Q

Who liked the tax on European goods

A

Northerners

11
Q

Why didn’t southerners like the high taxes

A

They feared the tax would hurt cotton trade

12
Q

Who said states had the right to mollify a federal law if it was not good for the state

A

Vice President John Calhoun

13
Q

What is it called when you refuse to accept a federal law if it was not good for the state

A

Nullify

14
Q

What State passed the nullification act in 1832

A

South Carolina

15
Q

What year did the democratic and Republican Party split

A

1828

16
Q

Democrats were mostly?

A

Farmers, immigrants and factory workers

17
Q

Who favored strong central governments and were mostly merchants and wealthy people

A

Republicans

18
Q

What is a attempt to ruin an opponents reputation with insults and also used slogans buttons and rallies

A

Mudslinging

19
Q

What were the 2 political parties during 1816-1824

A

Democratic and Republican