US History Flashcards
Semester 2
Protective Tariff
A tax intended to increase prices of imports and protect a country’s industries from competition.
Cultural Displacement
Forced movement of a group of people away from their native culture.
Nullification
Act of canceling or voiding something
WHIG
Political Party that formed during Jacksonian Presidency that opposed his governing ideas
Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections
Secede
Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political organization.
Civil Servant
A person who works for a government.
Sovereign (nation)
Independent, makes its own decision.
Nullify
To make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out.
Spoils System
A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Corrupt
Evil; dishonest; to break away from honesty.
Laissez-Faire
Hands-off economic policy.
