Jackson 8th Grade STAAR Review

The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 made cotton growing in the south to become very efficient, and therefore profitable, for southern farmers. This lead to which of the occurrences:

• I and II only
• I and III only
• II and III only
• I, II, and III

The key issue of the Nullification Crisis was a debate over:

• Individual power of states over federal authority 
• Abolition of slavery 
• Women’s right to vote and run for office 
• Relocation of Indians to western territories

Andrew Jackson dispatched naval ships to Charleston harbor and warned South Carolina that its action to void the Tariff of 1832 within its territory was treason.  This was his response to:

• Indian Removal Act
• Industrial Revolution
• Missouri Compromise
• The Nullification Crisis

Andrew Jackson believed that:

• South Carolina farmers could determine their own level of taxation
• South Carolina was correct in its assertion that it could secede from the Union over the Tariff of 1832
• South Carolina did not have the authority to nullify a federal law and call it unconstitutional
• South Carolina was no longer a slave state under federal law

Why were southern states against the higher tariffs enacted by Congress?

• It would make it more difficult to export crops.
• It would give northern farmers an economic advantage.
• It would give slaves more individual rights.
• It would prevent manufacturing businesses from growing.

How did the southern plantation system influence the northern economic system?

• The economic system of the northern states was completely independent from the southern plantations.
• The tariffs on southern plantations made northern businesses more profitable.
• Northern plantations could not compete with cheaper prices from southern plantations because of their use of slave labor.
• Southern plantations produced cotton used in northern mills and factories.

Name given to the 1828 taxation on raw materials that angered many states.

• Spoils System
• Jacksonian Democracy
• Tariff of Abominations
• Second Great Awakening

Political organization founded in opposition to the policies of Andrew Jackson.

• Democratic Party
• Republican Party
• Whig Party
• Know-Nothing Party

The practice of replacing government officials aligned with views of the president

• Spoils System
• Jacksonian Democracy
• Free Enterprise System
• You Pick'em Policy

which women demanded equality with men, including the right to vote

• Second Continental Congress
• Women's Rights Conference
• Seneca Falls Convention
• Niagara Falls Committee Meeting