| A | B |
|---|
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| majority | more than 50 percent |
| Whigs | supporters included Southern planters, eastern business people and former federalsits |
| Democrats | supporters included frontier farmers and workers in eastern cities |
| caucus | a private meeting held by powerful members of each party |
| nominating convention | a meeting where delegates from all states choose the party's candidate for president |
| spoils system | Developed by Jackson, it is the system of rewarding supporters with government jobs |
| kitchen cabinet | Jackson's unofficial cabinet |
| tariff of abominations | passed in 1828, it was the highest tariff ever passed in the history of the United States |
| Nullification Act | declared the taridff of abominations illegal |
| Indian Removal Act | fprced many NAtive Americans to move West of the Mississippi |
| Trail of tears | Cherokees were forced to travel hundreds of miles westward, thousands died |
| depression | a period of economic decline when many people lose thier jobs |
| mudslinging | the use of insults to attack an opponent's reputation |
