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the Nullification Crisis; states’ rights; sectionalism; slavery; political issue

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What was the Nullification Crisis?   show
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show Andrew Jackson.  
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show They believed the tariffs hurt the Southern cotton market and benefitted the North unfairly.  
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show He threatened to use federal troops and even said he’d hang the leaders of the movement.  
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show The Force Bill and the Compromise Tariff.  
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show South Carolina backed down; tensions grew, contributing to eventual secession.  
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show Favored a strong federal government with supreme power.  
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show Supported self-governance and minimal federal interference.  
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What is sectionalism?   show
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How did politics differ between the North and South?   show
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show North: industrial. South: agricultural and slave-based.  
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show North: progressive. South: traditional and religious.  
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What was the Northern attitude toward slavery?   show
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What was the American Colonization Society’s goal?   show
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show A secret network helping slaves escape to free states or Canada.  
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show Belief that Southern elites secretly controlled the government to preserve slavery.  
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Who was William Lloyd Garrison?   show
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What was the Liberty Party’s approach to ending slavery?   show
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show Prevent slavery from spreading West to protect poor white laborers.  
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show Abolitionist couple who spread anti-slavery ideas in the North.  
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show Exposed the cruelty of slavery; popular in the North, banned in the South.  
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How did Southerners defend slavery?   show
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show Counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for Southern political representation.  
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What was the Missouri Compromise?   show
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show Prohibited discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives.  
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What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?   show
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show Passed Personal Liberty Laws; some abolitionist mobs freed jailed slaves.  
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show Pro-secession Southerners angered by Northern resistance to slavery laws.  
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What was the Northern economy based on?   show
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show Agriculture and slavery, especially cotton exports.  
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How did the North’s infrastructure compare to the South’s?   show
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show In 1840, it was more valuable than all other U.S. exports combined.  
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What percentage of the South was agricultural by 1860?   show
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show More than all the nation’s railroads, factories, and banks combined.  
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