DOL: Tariff of Abominations + Nullification Crisis

The Nullification Crisis concerned South Carolina’s dissatisfaction with the federal policy on —

• tariffs

• interstate commerce

• slavery

• the national bank

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

• Can a state overturn a federal law?

• Can a state regulate a federal agency?

• Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?

• Can the federal government levy taxes on states?

Which amendment from the US Constitution were the North and South arguing about and having different interpretations of?

• 1

• 3

• 8

• 10

Match the vocabulary word with its proper definition

• nullify

• tax on imported goods

• tariff

• division based on what part of the country you live in

• import

• product from a foreign country

• sectionalism

• to overturn/cancel a federal law

• secede

• to officially leave/withdraw from

Match the person or group of people with their proper description:

• South Carolina

• against nullification

• North

• part of the US that opposed tariffs - they made foreign goods too expensive

• John C. Calhoun

• main person against tariffs; he supported nullification

• South

• the state at the center of the Nullification Crisis

• Andrew Jackson

• part of the US that supported tariffs

Speaker 1: A state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress. After all, the national government is supposed to share power with the states.

Speaker 2: I believe that you are wrong. The states do share power with the national government, but the Constitution says the national government has supremacy.

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

• Monroe Doctrine

• Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Nickname of tariff of 1828...Tariff of __________

• pain

• love

• abomination

• hate

In 1828, the U.S. Congress increased taxes paid on imports to protect northern industries from foreign competition. The southern economy was hurt by this protective tariff because the tariff...

• decreased profits for foreign manufacturers

• increased the price of foreign manufactured goods

• led to widespread bank failures

• prevented trade with western territories in the US

Title of Image: Tariff of 1832

Question: In the cartoon, which regional group is represented by the skinnier man on the left? 

• North

• South

• West

Title of Image: Tariff of 1832

Question: In the cartoon, which regional group is represented by the plumper man on the RIGHT? 

• North

• South

• West