nullification

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? 

To nullify a law means …

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

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

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Georgia

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• foreign goods
• american made goods
• ice cream
• slaves

What did Jackson do that ended the nullification crisis?

• passed a higher tariff
• fired his Vice President
• burned down every home in South Carolina
• threatened to use Army to enforce the law

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

Which person is known as the "Father of State's Rights" and supported nullification and secession if necessary to protest the "Tariff of Abomination"?

• Henry Clay
• James Monroe
• John C. Calhoun

What was the Tariff of 1828 referred to by the Southerners?

• Tariff of Nullification
• Tariff of the South
• Tariff of Abominations

Which country sent 3 agents (Agents X, Y, and Z) to demand bribes and a loan from America in 1797?

• Britain
• France
• China
• Spain

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Robert Fulton
• Henry Bessemer
• Eli Whitney
• Andrew Jackson