| Term | Definition |
|---|
| favorite son | candidate that receives the backing of his home state rather than of the national party |
| majority | more that half |
| plurality | largest single share |
| mudslinging | attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults |
| landslide | an overwhelming victory |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| bureaucracy | system in which nonelected officials carry out laws and policies |
| spoils system | practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters |
| caucus | meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy |
| nominating convention | system in which delegates from the states selected the party's presidential candidate |
| tarrif | tax on imports or exports |
| nullify | to cancel or make ineffective |
| secede | to leave or withdraw |
| relocate | to force a person or group of people to move |
| guerrilla tactics | referring to suprise attacks or raids rather than organized warfare |
| veto | to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law |
| depression | a period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment |
| laissez-faire | policy that the government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy |
| log cabin campaign | name given to William Henry Harrison's campaign for the presidency in 1840, from the Whigs use of a log cabin as their symbol |
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