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Antebellum Era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which S.C. Senator was the chief spokesperson for state's rights and nullification and threatened to nullify the tariff? | John C. Calhoun |
| What name was given to the route travelled by the Cherokee as they were relocated to western lands? | Trail of Tears |
| What argument regarding laws was made by John C. Calhoun in "South Carolina Exposition and Protest?" | States have the right to declare laws unconstitutional and may call a special state convention to nullify them. |
| Which vocabulary word means and intense focus on local or regional issues or needs | Sectionalism |
| What caused sectionalism to develop and increase between the North and the South? | The economic and social structures in the two regions were very different. |
| Why did Congress pass the Force Bill? | It gave the president power to send troops into S.C. to collect tariffs. |
| Which vocabulary words means to cancel or make a law invalid? | Nullify |
| Which region favored tariffs and why? | The North favored tariffs because they had an industrial economy and the tariffs helped factory owners by discouraging people from buying goods imported from foreign countries. |
| Under Henry Clay's American System, how were tariffs going to be used? | High tariffs would promote U.S. industry and generate money for internal improvements (build roads, railroads and canals).This helps western and southern farmers by linking them to growing cities and making it easier for them get goods to market. |
| Which region benefitted from tariffs? | The North |
| Who bought most of the South's cotton during the antebellum period? | The North and Britain |
| Why did S.C. not like the Tariff of 1832? | It made manufactured goods (like textiles) that the South needed more expensive. They were also concerned that Britain would levy tariffs on goods like cotton in retaliation so the South would be able to sell less and lose money. |
| How did S.C. react to the tariff? | S.C. nullified the tariff (refused to pay it). |
| Why was the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed? | Colonists wanted to expand westward so Natives were forced off of their lands and onto reservation lands. Whi |
| Which region had an agricultural economy, a stagnant white population (not increasing) and a large slave population? | The South |
| Which vocabulary word means an exaggerated pride or patriotism for one's country or the belief that the needs of the nation come before the needs of the individual states or region? | Nationalism |
| How did the invention of the cotton gin cause slavery to spread? | It made it more profitable to grow cotton which caused cotton and cotton plantations to spread and increased the need for labor on the plantations. |
| Which vocabulary word means to formally withdraw a state or group of states from a government or country? | Secession |
| What is the concept that the Union is an agreement among states and that a state has the right to refuse to enforce a law it believes is unconstitutional? | Nullification |
| Though a compromise was found, what was the lasting impact of the Nullification Crisis? | It increased tension between southern states and the federal government and took the southern states one step closer to seceding from the Union. |
| What tax on imported goods angered SC and sparked the nullification crisis? | Tariff of Abominations |
| Which region had an economy based on industry and manufacturing, an increasing population because of European immigration and no slavery? | The North |
| Cotton because such an important cash crop during the antebellum period that is was given what nickname? | King Cotton |
| Which region had an emerging economy based on farming food crops, and increasing population and both slave states and free states? | The West |
| What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the US? | It doubled the size of the country providing new land for farming allowing agriculture to spread west. |
| Which vocabulary word is used to refer to the time period before the Civil War? | Antebellum |
| Which political argument, presented by John C. Calhoun was based on his belief in state's rights, or the concept that states have more power than the federal government? | States should be able to nullify laws they thought were unconstitutional (nullification). |
| What was S.C. threatening to nullify? | Protective tariffs, particularly the tariff of 1832 |
| Which vocabulary word means to formally give up control of or surrender to? | Cede |
| How did nationalism influence politics in the Antebellum US? | For a period of time, it created regional unity and minimized sectional differences. |
| Which political concept, championed by John C. Calhoun, stressed that states should have more control and decision making power than the federal government? | States Rights |
| Which vocabulary word was used to describe someone who wanted to do away with slavery? | Abolitionist |
| Which 5 tribes who moved west as a result of the Indian Removal Act were referred to as "the Five Civilized Tribes?" | Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek |
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