Social Studies Vocab Quiz Flashcards
majority
More than half
suffrage
The right to vote
Democratic Party
The party Jackson was a part of
Whig Party
Party organized by Henry Clay
spoils system
The practice of awarding government jobs to friends or family
states’ rights
the rights of states to exercise power
independent of the federal government
nullification
the rights of states to exercise power
independent of the federal government.
A state stopping a law from happening in there country
Nullification Act
Act that declared the new tariff illegal.
caucus
A private meeting to choose a party’s candidate
nominating convention
delegates from all the states met to choose the
party’s candidate for President.
(economic) depression
a period when the economy
shrinks and many people lose their jobs.
frontier
The edge of a boundary
Worcester v. Georgia
A court case which Georgia won which then meant they could enforce laws in Indian Territory
Indian Removal Act
This law let the government take land from American Indians in exchange for land west of the Mississippi river
Indian Territory
A area where Indians were forced to move to
