The Age of Jackson

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Across
  1. 3. system, the practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters
  2. 5. son, a candidate for national office who has support mostly from his or her home state
  3. 7. an organization that has an important purpose in society
  4. 10. convention, a meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices
  5. 11. to move to another place
  6. 12. to continue existing or living after nearly being destroyed
  7. 13. rights, The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states
  8. 16. formally put an end to
  9. 20. The right to vote
  10. 22. resources, Useful material that comes from the Earth; something found in nature that people can use
  11. 24. a system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones
  12. 25. to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law
Down
  1. 1. review, The branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law
  2. 2. a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
  3. 4. greater than half of a total number of something
  4. 6. to help make happen
  5. 8. declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result).
  6. 9. the settlement of people in a different place.
  7. 14. a method in election campaigns that used gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad
  8. 15. to take part in
  9. 17. relating to a national government
  10. 18. a word or object that stands for something else
  11. 19. power, a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
  12. 21. the largest number of something, but less than a majority
  13. 23. To get possession or control of