States' Rights, Sectionalism and Slavery

States' Rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states

• could leave the Union at any time if they chose to.

• could maintain slavery if their population wished to.

• could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state.

• could force the national government to turn over all national government property to the states.

A tariff (tax) on imported goods made them

• less expensive

• more scarce (rare)

• more expensive

The idea of "nullification," as proposed by John C. Calhoun, was basically about

• voting reforms.

• the national bank.

• states' rights.

• the spoils system.

How did the Nullification Crisis and its resolution foreshadow the Civil War?

• South Carolina challenged federal authority over the states by declaring a federal tariff void, but the president and Congress maintained that federal authority was supreme.

• South Carolina defied an international trade agreement negotiated by the president, so the president used the military to force the state government to abide by the agreement.

• After South Carolina prohibited citizens from capturing or transporting escaped slaves, the president ordered the military to seek out and capture escaped slaves living in the state.

• After South Carolina illegally signed a treaty with Spain without Senate approval, the federal government declared martial law in the state until a new state government was elected.

The North was becoming an economy based on

• agriculture or farming.

• industry or manufacturing.

• music.

• technology.

The South was becoming an economy based on

• agriculture or farming.

• industry or manufacturing.

• music.

• technology.

putting the interests of a region/state above the country as a whole

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• patriotism

• pacifism

Differences between the regions in the 1800's were mainly regarding ___

• economics

• politics

• religion

• transcendentalism

What year was the Missouri Compromise?

• 1820

• 1825

• 1850

• 1860

What was the outcome of the Missouri Compromise?

• it outlawed slavery in all states

• slavery allowed in every state

• some states free, some states slave

• popular sovereignty in all states