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Glossary
people they won’t vote for They received backings from their home state rather than the national
government.
I have nothing personal. Favorite Son If they didn’t have their states behind them they would lose the election
The states favorite son won the election. Wanted in office
Antonym- Secondary More than half, or greater number.
Personally I love majority, it rules, because it satisfies the most people. Majority
Yes, people will be mad about what the majority
says because not everybody said yes or no but most of the people, depending on what they
picked, will get what they want it they are in the
majority and not minority.
In Congress the majority of the votes, if ⅔ or more wins. Synonym- Superiority
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a number of votes that is more than the number of
votes for any other candidate or party but that is not more than half of the
total number of votes
I learned that it isn’t by a bunch of votes, but by some. Plurality It shows who won, but not my a lot of
votes
Bob won the election by winning a plurality of their votes. majority Put another picture here.
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The use of insults and accusations, esp. unjust
ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation
of an opponent..
During presidential elections, I usually participate in mudslinging. Mudslinging
Mudslinging is used to make the other team or group look worse in order to make your’s look better.
The British were mudslinging the
Americans to bring in more British soldiers to
fight.
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Close An overwhelming victory
My family saw a landslide. Landslide You won by a huge gap
There was a landslide at the football game. sweep
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process.
Personal: The women's suffrage made it so women could vote. Suffrage They changed the US by making it
so women could vote.
The women's suffrage was a fiet to vote for public election. Petition Put another picture here.
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Personal Bureaucracy Importance
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Put a picture here.Merit System- The system of Employing And Promoting Civil Servants on the Basis of ability.
The Practice of a Successful Political Party giving public office to its
supporters.
Personal: We learned about the spoils system in school. Spoils System
Importance: There is many important things about the spoils system it helps the government a lot.
The government uses the spoils system a lot in the constitution Plunder. Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. DictatorMajor political candidates were chosen by committees made up of members of
Congress.
A caucus system wouldn’t be a bad government. Caucus It was a system not supported by
citizens.
The United States had once used a caucus system. Democracy
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Personal Nominating Convention Importance
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Free A tax on imports and exports.
Personal: It means that were going to be paying higher prices on everything.
TariffImportance: It helps the United States or the manufacture than across because they can get it cheaper here.
The United States imports cars from Koreas and they put tariffs. Duty
Repeal To cancel or make ineffective
Personal: I cancel events a lot. Nullify Importance: so that you can cancel things.
We are going to nullify the meeting. negate
join to leave or withdraw
When we went on our trip into the deep south, I learned a lot about the Civil War and how the South tried to leave the Union.
Secede Secede means leaving, so when you leave, you are seceding and most likely not coming back.
The Confederacy tried to secede from the Union.
resign
Put a picture here. StayMove to a new place and establish one's
home or business there.
I relocated to West Union when I moved Relocate Some things must be
moved to someplace else.
The settlers relocated in the
West.Move Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. Organized WarfareReferring to surprise
attacks or raids rather than
organized warfare.
Personal: This helped me understand how we won the war against Britain.
Guerrilla TacticsThese tactics helped us win the war against the British.
During the march from Concord to
Lexington, we used Guerilla Tactics to
defeat and shoot the Redcoats.
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Put a picture here. ApproveTo reject a bill and prevent it
from becoming a law.
Personal: I learned that Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to renew the Bank’s charter.
VetoImportance: It gives people the chance to refuse something they don’t like.
People voted to veto the new bill. Forbid Put another picture here.
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severe despondency and dejection, typically felt over a period of time and
accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy
I learned that the U.S. went through many periods of depression to make this country independent.
Depression Without depression everyone would be greedy.
The captain was in serious depression after losing money. Rise in economy Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. Dictatorship (like North Korea)
The policy that government should interfere as little as
possible in the nation’s economy. It is French, means
“allow to do” or “Let it be”
I have a pretty laissez-faire attitude, and let people do what they want. Laissez-Faire
Many people thought they should have a laissez-faire government that allowed them more freedom.
The country with the most laissez-faire economy is Hong Kong
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Put a picture here. Inaction
It saw President Martin Van Buren Fight for re-election during a time of
economic depression against a Whig Party unified for the first time behind war hero William Henry Harrison and
his log cabin campaign.
We learned about the Log Cabin Campaign in Social Studies. Log Cabin Campaign It was to get him to be nominated for
president.
Many people took part in the Log Cabin Campaign. Presidential Campaign Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. John Quincy Adams 7th President of the U.S.
First president to assume command with his power to veto. Andrew Jackson He was the seventh president of the
United States.
A twenty dollar bill has Andrew Jackson’s face on it. Nickname is Old Hickory Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. Daniel WebsterHe was responsible for the Missouri Compromise between the free states
and the slave states.
Without Henry Clay, Maine could have become a slave state and Missouri, a free state.
Henry Clay He was the one who came up with the greatest compromises.
Henry Clay is famous for his compromises. John C. Calhoun Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. Andrew Jackson One of the leading war hawks in the war in Great Britain in 1812.
Reponsible for establishing the second bank of the United States. John C. Calhoun Former United States representative.
John C. Calhoun was a famous politician in South Carolina. Henry Clay Put another picture here.
People who are in favor of letting the Indians keep their land.
A law passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the
presidency of Andrew Jackson. It authorized the
president to negotiate with Indians tribes in the
Southern United States for their removal to federal
territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their
homelands.Personal: I learned that the Indian Removal Act ended up having many indians die.
Indian Removal ActThe importance of The Indian Removal Act is that it gave our settlers land to live on.
When The Indian Removal Act many Indians died or got sick. U.S. Government
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The Indians allowed to stay in their home through national
reserves.
The Trail of Tears is a name given to the ethnic cleansing and
forced relocation of Native American nations from
southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
I have never been forced to leave my home because of my race. Trail of Tears It was the unjust treatment of
Indians.
The Trail of Tears is now a national trail.
Indians being forced out of their homes and land.
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Personal General Winfield Scott Importance
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Put a picture here. Warrior Chief of Sauk Indians.
He died on Oct. 3,1838 in Davis County Iowa. Black Hawk He led the force of the Sauk
and Fox back to Illinois.
Black Hawk was the Chief of the Sauk Indians. President Put another picture here.
Put a picture here. Liberal party
A member of the British reforming and constitutional
party that sought the supremacy of Parliament and was eventually succeeded in
the 19th century by the Liberal Party..
I have never met a Whig. Whigs The whigs tried to control the British legislature.
The big whigs are cheating us.British reforming and constitutional party.
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Personal Martin Van Buren Importance
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Personal William Henry Harrison Importance
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