Bank Crisis and Nullification Crisis

Multiple Choice

Replacing opponents with your supporters was known as the...

• Spoils System

• Nominating Conventions

• Victors System

• Hire and Fire

Multiple Choice

What is the main criticism of the spoils system?

• It rewards political loyalty
• It is based on merit
• It often leads to unqualified people getting jobs
• It promotes diversity

Multiple Choice

Which bank was Andrew Jackson having a conflict with?

• First Bank of the United States

• Second Bank of the United States

• Pet Banks

• State Banks

Multiple Choice

Why did President Andrew Jackson oppose renewing the charter for the Second Bank of the United States?

• The bank restricted Jackson from raising tariffs.

• The bank had too much power over the economy and favored the wealthy.

• The bank had corrupt leadership that threatened foreign trade and domestic industries. •

• The bank had challenged him to a duel.

Multiple Choice

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

Multiple Choice

The North was dependent on __________ while the South was dependent on __________.

• Industry, Slavery
• Slavery, Agriculture
• Industry, Mills

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes a tariff?

• a tax on the income of workers

• a tax on the purchase of property

• a tax on goods produced in the United States

• a tax on goods imported from outside the United States

Multiple Choice

How did tariffs affect imported goods?

• Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.

• Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.

• Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.

• Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.

Multiple Choice

Which group would have been most in favor of the Tariff of 1828?

• Northerners

• Southerners

• Western frontier settlers

• Native Americans

Multiple Choice

Who was Andrew Jackson's Vice President, who believed that states had the right to nullify (cancel) federal laws?

• John Quincy Adams

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Webster

Multiple Choice

To nullify a law means …

• to agree to the law
• to secede.
• to void or cancel the law.
• to vote on the law.

Multiple Choice

Which state said they wouldn‘t pay the new tariff and passed the Nullification act?

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Georgia

Multiple Choice

South Carolina threatened to ______________________ due to the high tariffs

• secede

• abandon

• create an alliance

Multiple Choice

During the Nullification Crisis, what was really being tested?

• the right to ignore Supreme Court decisions

• the rights of states to override federal laws

• the right of states to secede from the United States

• the right to pass federal laws that benefited certain regions

Multiple Choice

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

• Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?

• Can a state regulate a federal agency?

• Can a state overturn a federal law?

• Can the federal government levy taxes on states?

Multiple Choice

The Nullification Crisis occurred when

• the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.

• Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.

• South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.

• Jackson forced South Carolina leave the United States.

Poll

In your opinion which side won the Nullification Crisis?

• South Carolina

• Federal Government