Early Unions to Jackson

Which document BEST lays the groundwork for the justification for the Nullification Crisis of 1832?

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

• Federalist Papers

Which region during the Antebellum Period would benefit LEAST from Henry Clay's American System?

• North

• South

• East

• West

  During the first half of the 1800s, what was a MAJOR effect of internal improvements, such as the Erie Canal?

• Prices increased for food products along the Atlantic Coast.

• Midwestern farmers could easily ship grain to eastern markets.

• A territorial conflict began with Canada over the Great Lakes.

• Railroads were forced to reduce their shipping rates.

In the 1830s, how did President Andrew Jackson fail to protect the natural rights of Native Americans?

• Jackson supported legislation decreasing Native Americans' right to vote.

• Jackson sought to annex the territories of Texas and Oregon.

• Jackson enforced the relocation of Native Americans with the Indian Removal Act.

• Jackson punished Native Americans for siding with Britain during the War of 1812.

 Which late-1700s technological innovation best explains the change over time represented in the chart above?

• Telegraph

• Steam Engine

• Cotton Gin

• Railroads

As President, how did Andrew Jackson undermine the Supreme Court decision of Worcester v. Georgia?

• He defied the court's ruling and allowed the Indian Removal Act to continue.

• He supported the theory of nullification and states' rights.

• He began an impeachment process of John Marshall in Congress.

• He established voting and property rights for African American males.

Which of the following BEST explains the dramatic increase in the number of German and Irish immigrants to northern cities in the mid-1800s?

• The growth of the cotton industry in the South supported the expansion of the northern textile system.

• The large scale African American migration to the South created an abundance of available jobs in the North.

• The KKK discouraged European immigration in the South, resulting in northern urbanization.

• The decrease in cotton production led to high unemployment in the South.

Which of the following best represents a Southern defense of the use of slave labor?

• Northerners argued that slaves voluntarily chose that life because they were uneducated and unskilled.

• Southern elites argued that slaves were treated better than factory workers in the Northeast.

• Southerners paid slaves more than factory workers in the North.

• Northern abolitionists made a lot of money off of cotton-to-textile industry.

 What best explains why Andrew Jackson strongly opposed the Second National Bank?

• He saw it as a constitutional violation of states' rights that favored the wealthy.

• He resented the Whig Party's initiatives to protect foreign investors.

• It gave more political and financial power to Southern industrialists.

• It encouraged sectionalism by only benefitting Western farmers.

Which of the following transportation improvements led to the development of the Northern textile industry?

• Cotton Gin

• Steam Engine

• Steel Plow

• Pony Express