Andrew Jackson

3. the largest number of something, but less than a majority.
4. a former senator from Georgia, to be their candidate.
8. is from Massachusetts, was the son of former president John Adams. He was popular with merchants of the Northeast.
10. a method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad.
13. vote the choice expressed collectively by the electoral college, which determines the winner of elections for president and vice president in the US.
14. to take part in.
15. a part of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones.
16. greater than half of a total number of something.
17. member of the democratic party
18. A candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state.

1. is from Kentucky, was speaker of the house of representatives.
2. is from Tennessee, was a hero of the War of 1812.
5. practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters.
6. a meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices.
7. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was established by the Constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
9. relating to or supporting democracy or its principles.
11. choose to hold public office or some other position by voting.
12. to help make happen.