Age of Jackson- Nullification Crisis
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Elizabeth Gaines
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Age of Jackson- Nullification Crisis
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Open Ended
After analyzing the previous cartoon, what prediction can you make about this issue in Jackson's presidency?
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Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of protective tariffs?
to increase the price of American-made goods
to decrease the price of foreign-made goods
to make American-made goods more competitive with British goods
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Multiple Choice
True or False: Tariffs benefitted Northerners.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
True or False: Tariffs benefitted Southerners.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Why did Southerners think the tariffs were "abominable?"
It only benefitted Northern manufacturers at the cost of Southerners. Southerners had very little industry to protect.
It only benefitted British manufacturers.
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Multiple Choice
Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina believed it was a states' right to be able to-
nullify, or legally overturn, the tariffs.
veto the tariffs.
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Multiple Choice
The Nullification Crisis was really a matter of different interpretations of which amendment?
1st amendment
2nd amendment
8th amendment
10th amendment
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Multiple Choice
Those who OPPOSED the idea of nullification, believed that it-
was a states' right that was supported by the 10th amendment
was unconstitutional because it violated the idea that federal laws are supreme over state laws.
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Multiple Choice
Read carefully: The Nullification Act, passed by South Carolina's state legislature, stated that-
the tariffs were Illegal (unconstitutional)
the state would not pay the tariffs
the state had a right to nullify the tariff
if the government tried to force them to pay, the state would secede
all answers are correct
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Poll
Poll: Which side do you think President Andrew Jackson will take in the Nullification Crisis?
He will side with South Carolina because he believed in states' rights.
He will side with the federal government because he was its president and wanted to prevent a civil war.
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Multiple Choice
On the previous slide, the quote from Massachusetts senator Daniel Webster from the Webster-Haynes debate said, "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseperable." Which side of the Nullification Crisis was he on?
states' rights
federal supremacy
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Multiple Choice
What issue would put the matter of states' rights to the test again in the following years?
independence
imperialism
slavery
women's suffrage
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Open Ended
Evaluate the effectiveness of President Jackson's response to the Nullification Crisis.
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