SS8H5a:Checkpoint

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Prior to the Civil War, the south's economy was based on ___________, and the north's economy was based on __________.

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agriculture/industry

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The idea of states' rights was that:

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states have the right to make their own laws

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The southern states were trying to nullify, or cancel: tariffs on goods such as cotton, slavery in their states, tariffs on slaves, the northern factories

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tariffs on goods such as cotton

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Why did Southern states threaten to nullify the tariff on imports enacted by Congress in 1828?

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The tariff caused imports to cost more which hurt Southern states.

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Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War?
tariffs,
slavery,
states' rights,
women's suffrage

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women's suffrage

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Which was an action of a state to ignore, or not to follow a federal law?

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Nullification

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SS8H5

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Which term is "The belief that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state"?

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States' Rights

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SS8H5

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A tax on foreign goods imported into the United States

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Tariff

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SS8H5

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South Carolina did not want to pay the tariff, so its government decided to ___ it.

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nullify