CFA 2 - Study Questions

Front

What was the primary reason South Carolina (and the other 12 Colonies) decided to join The American Revolution?

Back

The British began imposing (putting) taxes on The 13 Colonies to help pay for The French and Indian War.

Front

What was the fundamental belief of the Declaration of Independence authored by Thomas Jefferson?

Back

Government should protect the rights of every person (citizen).

Front

One of the primary reasons that motivated the United States to drop The Articles of Confederation and write a new Constitution was......

Back

Shays' Rebellion

Front

What did "The Great Compromise" establish when organizing the new government?

Back

A bicameral Legislature, two chambers, one chamber based on population and one based on statehood.

Front

What was the agreement between Northern and Southern states on how many slaves Southern States could count towards their population for representation in The House of Representatives?

Back

The 3/5's Compromise

Front

What changed in South Carolina after the Denmark Vesey Plot (1822)?

Back

Slave codes were made stricter, also added restrictions on free blacks.

Front

What did John C. Calhoun believe States could do to fight tariffs?

Back

Refuse to follow (nullify) federal laws they believed to be unconstitutional.

Front

The Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision (1857) basically said.....

Back

slaves were property and not citizens, and even if in a "Free State" it changed nothing.

Front

What was the "final straw" that motivated South Carolina to secede from the Union in 1860?

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Election of Abraham Lincoln as POTUS