Unit 5 Quiz #3

Which issue caused the debate over states’ rights that became increasingly important before the Civil War?

• Protective tariffs

• Urban Development

• Immigration

• Women's rights

What was the key issue in the debate over the admission of new states to the Union?

• The expansion of slavery

• The provision of railroads

• The addition of women's suffrage

• Support for homesteading

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• Make missouri a slave state

• Maintain a balance of free and slave states

• Give the south more power in Congress

• Prevent slavery from expanding

The idea that a state could nullify a law led to what other idea about state’s rights?

• Secession

• Abolition

• Sectionalism

• Protective tariffs

Abolitionists were upset with the outcome of the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court viewed slaves as what?

• Illegal

• Property

• Citizens

• free

In the Dred Scott ruling, what compromise did the court say was unconstitutional because it did not allow slavery above the 36' 30 line?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Kansas Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Louisiana Purchase

Which BEST describes a result of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• A slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.

• A slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.

• A slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.

• A slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free

By 1832 what position did Vice President John C. Calhoun take on the tariff?

• He supported the tariff because he hoped South Carolina would develop industry

• He wrote that the tariff could be declared null in South Carolina

• He argued that South Carolina should leave the Union

• He supported President Andrew Jackson

Why did Missouri’s application for statehood in 1819 cause a political crisis?

• Missouri’s entry would upset the balance of free and slave states

• The United States had never established a state west of the Mississippi

• Missouri was a center of abolitionist activity and would anger the south

• Missouri’s secessionist activity would antagonize northern states

What was the constitutional question brought up during the Nullification Crisis?

• Can states declare federal laws unconstitutional

• Does the president have power to ignore the Supreme Court

• Should businesses reject provisions of a government contract

• Could U.S. Army officers disobey direct orders