Nullification Crisis

Which region felt the tariffs imposed during the presidency of Andrew Jackson were unfair and should be nullified?

• North

• West

• South

• Northwest Territory

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What was President Jackson's position on South Carolina's claim that they could nullify the Tariff of 1828?

• They had a right to nullify the tariff

• No state had the right to ignore a law passed by Congress

• The U.S. Constitution was ambivalent

• They needed Congress to pass a treaty to enable them to nullify

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Which position was South Carolina affirming when it declared its intention to secede from the Union?

• civil rights

• states' rights

• individual rights

• women's rights

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Which constitutional issue led to the Nullification Crisis of 1832?

• Do courts have the power to rule on the constitutionality of state laws?

• Does the president have the authority to use the military to enforce the law?

• Does the federal government have the authority to enact laws regarding slavery?

• Do states have the power to declare a federal law unconstitutional?

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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?

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Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the -

• Bank War

• Nullification Crisis

• Corrupt Bargain

• XYZ Affair

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The proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these historical events?

• Shays's Rebellion

• The War of 1812

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Civil War

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Which issue do the events in these headlines have in common?

• Expansion of slavery

• States' rights

• Taxation without representation

• Popular sovereignty

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To nullify a law means …

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

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

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