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Eamon Barkhordarian 4/5/08 Helsaple 4th period Social Studies

HOMEWORK I.D’S pg.307-309 Jacksonian Democracy (Mr. Helsaple)- The idea of majority rule and of spreading the power to all the people. Voting restrictions were lowered so more people could vote. Mudslinging (447)- One’s attempts to ruin their opponent’s reputation with insults, During the campaign of Adams and Jackson, both parties resorted to mudslinging. This was historically significant because it showed how bitter the election of 1828 was. Suffrage (448)- The right to vote. In the nation’s early years, most states hat limited suffrage. President Andrew Jackson widened this limitation. Bureaucracy (449)- A system in which non-elected officials carry out laws. Democrats attempted the stop this bureaucracy. President Jackson replaced many federal workers with his supporters. Spoils System (449)- The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters Jackson did this practice. This was historically significant because I made it a lot easier to do things in government. Caucus (449)- In this system, major political candidates were chosen by committees made of members of congress. This system was very unpopular. Jackson’s supporters abandoned this system. Tariff (450)- A few on imported goods. While Jackson was president, he faced a tariff crisis that tested the national governments powers. This was historically significant because it was a major problem in the country. Nullify (450)- To cancel. John C. Calhoun argued that a state had the right to nullify a federal law if it was against state interests. This causes some Southerners to call for Southern sates to secede. Daniel Webster (450)- A senator of Massachusetts. He delivered a stinging attack on nullification. He opposed the idea that the states had the right to nullify and even secede.

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Eamon Barkhordarian 4/5/08 Helsaple 4th period Social Studies

Robert Hayne (450)- A young senator from South Carolina. He gave a speech defending that the states had the right to nullify and even secede. His speech was attacked upon by Daniel Webster.