| A | B |
|---|
| suffrage | The right to vote |
| caucus | A closed political meeting |
| nominating convention | A meeting where delegates from each state cast their votes for political candidates. |
| spoils system | The practice of dismissing government job holders affiliated with a defeated party and replacing them with supporters of the winning party. |
| kitchen cabinet | A group of personal advisers to President Andrew Jackson. |
| pet bank | A state bank |
| tariff | A tax on imported goods. |
| sovereign | Independent |
| states' rights | The belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority |
| nullification | The right of states to declare a federal law illegal. |
| secede | To withdraw from a large political body. |
| Trail of Tears | A long journey made by the Cherokee to present-day Arkansas and Oklahoma after being forced from their land. |
| specie | Money in the form of gold and silver. |
