Age of Jackson Unit 7 Vocabulary

Age of Jackson 1. suffrage - the right to vote 2. campaigning - working in an organized way towards a political goal 3. populist - a member of a political party representing ordinary people 4. democracy - a government ran by the people 5. landslide - an overwhelming majority of votes 6. spoils system - practice of a politcal party giving public office to its supporters

Age of Jackson Vocabulary 7. tariff - a tax on imported goods 8. protective tariff – a tax to raise prices on imports to make consumers purchase domestic goods 9. import - products or good brought in from another country 10. export - products or goods sent to another country

Age of Jackson Vocabulary 11. domestic - having to do with the country you live in 12. foreign – having to do with a country in which you don’t live 13. consumer - a person who purchases goods and service for personal use 14. industry - processing raw materials into processed goods in a factory

Age of Jackson Vocabulary 15. manufacturing - making something on a large scale using machinery 16. states rights - rights and powers that the states have instead of the U.S. government 17. policy - a plan or course of action used to make decisions 18. sovereign – to have ultimate power 19. migrate – to move from one area to another