| A | B |
| Mudslinging | Attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults |
| Manifest Destiny | The idea popular in the US during the 1800's that the country must expand it's borders to the Pacific |
| Favorite son | Candidate that receives votes of his home state rather than of the national party |
| Landslide | An overwhelming victory |
| Relocate | To force a person or group of people to move |
| Spoils system | Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters |
| Depression | A period of low economic activity and wide spread unemployment |
| Veto | to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming law |
| Secede | To leave or withdrawal |
| Laissez-faire | Policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy |