8.17 B - States Rights, Nullification, Civil War

8.17 B - Which constitutional question was raised and debated because of the actions described in this excerpt?

• Can states nullify federal laws?

• Can the federal government take control of private property?

• Can states apply full faith and credit to other states?

• Can the federal government guarantee due process?

8.17 B - 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?

8.17 B - In this reply, Daniel Webster is reacting to —

• the inability of citizens to elect Supreme Court justices

• an attempted nullification of a federal law by a state

• a proposal to revise the amendment process of the U.S. Constitution

• the federal seizure of private land for transportation networks

8.17 B - 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?

8.17 B - Conflicting interpretations of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution played a major role in the —

• Bank War

• Nullification Crisis

• Corrupt Bargain

• XYZ Affair

8.17 B - 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

8.17 B - These speakers are debating an issue that eventually became known as the —

• Monroe Doctrine

• Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

8.17 B - Which issue do the events in these headlines have in common?

• Expansion of slavery

• States’ rights

• Taxation without representation

• Popular sovereignty

8.17 B - Which constitutional issue contributed to sectional conflict before the Civil War?

• Disagreement over the boundaries of the Oregon Territory

• Growing support for limiting female suffrage and immigration

• The limits on free speech and press included in the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Debate over the expansion of slavery into the West

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

• The right of citizens to choose representatives

• The power of states to organize militias

• The unalienable rights of citizens

• The legal ability of states to secede