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10 Cards in this Set
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Public meetings to select the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates
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nominating conventions
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Political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824
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Democratic Party
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Politicians' practice of giving government jobs to their supporters
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Spoils System
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President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers
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kitchen cabinet
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Nickname given to a new tariff by southerners who opposed it
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Tariff of Abominations
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Belief that the power of the federal government regarding the states is strictly limited
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states' rights
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A dispute between South Carolina and the federal government over the state's right to cancel an unpopular tariff
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nullification crisis
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Political party formed by opponents of Andrew Jackson who supported a strong legislature
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Whig Party
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Senator of South Carolina chosen by Andrew Jackson as his vice presidental running mate
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John C. Calhoun
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Senator of Massachusetts
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Daniel Webster
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