(7) ABC Book Chapter 10 Practice 1

What advantage did owning slaves provide to plantation owners in terms of political power?

• Increased representation in government due to the Three-Fifths Compromise

• Ability to vote multiple times in elections

• Direct appointment to political offices

• Exemption from taxes

How did many white slave owners justify slavery?

• By claiming it was a necessary economic system

• By arguing it was a moral and benevolent institution

• By stating it was a divine right

• By asserting it was a means of civilizing African people

Who claimed that slavery was 'instead of an evil, a good—a positive good'?

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

In what year did John C. Calhoun write a protest declaring a state had the right to nullify any federal law?

• 1832

• 1828

• 1840

• 1850

The Doctrine of Nullification was used by South Carolina to:

• Support federal tariffs

• Oppose federal tariffs

• Support the abolition of slavery

• Oppose the abolition of slavery

The Nullification Crisis was a conflict between which two entities?

• The federal government and South Carolina

• The federal government and Georgia

• The federal government and Virginia

• The federal government and North Carolina

Who issued the Proclamation Regarding Nullification on December 10, 1832?

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• John Quincy Adams

What percentage of the nation's factories were located in the North during the industrialization period?

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

Southern leaders argued for slavery in defense of what?

• Economic necessity

• Moral superiority

• Religious justification

• Cultural tradition

What was the main issue debated as the United States expanded in the West?

• Slavery

• Taxation

• Immigration

• Trade