Vocabulary 1
Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winner's supporters
What is the spoils system?
A candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state
What is a favorite son?
Using gossip and lies in election campaigns to make opponents look bad
What is mudslinging?
To move to another place
What is relocate?
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming law
What is veto?
A system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed (chosen) officials rather than by elected ones
What is bureaucracy?
Greater than half of a total number of something
What is majority?
A meeting in which representative numbers of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices
What is a nominating convention?
Law allowing Jackson to enforce federal laws using the military
What is the Force Act?
The largest number of something, but less than a majority
What is plurality?