| Term | Definition |
|---|
| favorite son | Henry Clay & Andrew Jackson |
| plurality | largest single share- Andrew Jackson |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| bureaucracy | system in which non elected officials carry out laws |
| spoils system | practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters |
| nominationg conventions | delegates from the states selected the parties presidential candidate |
| tariff | fee paid by merchants who import goods |
| nullify | to cancel a federwl law that is considered against state interest |
| John C. Calhoun | Vice Pres. who resigned and returned to congress. Senator of South Carolina |
| Daniel Webster | Challenged Robert Hayne in a senate debate on states' rights |
| South Carolina | Threatend to suceed over tariffs of 1828 and 1832 |
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