Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Mudslinging

A method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad

Bureaucracy

A system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than elected officials

Majority

Greater than half of a total of something

Spoils system

Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with winning candidate’s supporters

Relocate

To move to another place

Veto

The power to reject a decision made by a law making body

Nullify/Nullification

To legally overturn; to void