Vocab 7 Flashcards
(14 cards)
What is a spoils system?
The practice of appointing supporters to government positions.
What is nullification?
The idea that a state has the right to nullify a federal law that it deems unconstitutional.
What is a caucus?
A private meeting, often to withdraw from members.
What is suffrage?
The right to vote.
What does ‘Secede’ mean?
To withdraw from membership in a group.
What is a ‘Frontier’?
A boundary, on the edge of an area of settlement.
Trail of Tears
The forced removal of Native American tribes from their southeastern homelands to territory west of the Mississippi River.
Turnpikes
A road that travelers must pay a toll to use.
Dictator
A ruler with absolute power and authority over a country, typically through the coercion of violence.
Annex
To add on or take over.
Self-sufficient
Able to produce all necessary resources for one’s own needs.
Manifest Destiny
The 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.
Mexican Cession
The Mexican territories of California and New Mexico given to the United States in 1848.
Corduroy roads
A road made of logs.
