1. Age of Jackson
Unit 7 Vocabulary

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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