The Nullification Crisis

What does "nullification" mean?

• a tax on an imported good from another country

• the action of a state agreeing with or attempting to implement within its territory of a law of the U.S.

• the action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.

• Not doing your lesson/work in school because you feel it violates your constitutional rights

What is the idea of a tariff?

• A declaration of war

• A duty - tax - on a foreign good

• A duty - tax - on a domestic good

• A loan to a foreign country

Which region hated the idea of a tariff in 1828?

• The north

• The south

Which vice president secretly led the campaign against the tariffs?

• Aaron Burr

• Andrew Johnson

• John C. Calhoun

• Thomas Jefferson

Which state issued an order of nullification against the tariff act (saying they wouldn't comply with it)?

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• South Carolina

What did South Carolina say a state had the right to do if the federal government tried to force a law it found unconstitutional upon it?

• Declare war on the national government

• Take it to the Supreme Court

• Secede/leave

• Remain/stay

What did Jackson say he'd do if South Carolina did not back down?

• Invade it and hang its leaders

• Let it leave/secede from the Union

• Take it to the Supreme Court

• Make them all move to Indian Territory

The nullification issue foreshadows what event in 1861 when a number of southern states attempt to secede from the Union?

• Revolutionary War

• Spanish-American War

• Reconstruction

• The Civil War