Unit 8 Recap

Which regions primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

Answer explanation

Slave labor was most popular in this rural area

Slaves from the ​ ​ (a)   south, were moved from the ​ (b)   south to work on cotton plantations.

• upper
• lower
• middle
• western
• northern

Reason for their position​ ​ (a)  

• Feared British wouldn't buy their cotton/crops
• Though taxing exports were unconstitutional
• Believed a high tariff would lead to civil war
• High tariff lead to foreign competition

Answer explanation

Northerners supported High tariff because it prevented them from having to compete with foreign nations

What effect did the Tariff of 1828, known as the "Tariff of Abominations" have on John C Calhoun U.S. vice president from South Carolina?

• He claimed that all taxes by the federal government were illegal

• He believed only Congress had the right to pass a tariff law

• He argued that a state had the right to nullify an unconstitutional federal law

• He attacked the idea that the union was a mere compact of states

Answer explanation

Nullify - to refuse to recognize a federal law

What was a major result of the Missouri Compromise?

What was a primary consequence of the Kansas -Nebraska Act (1854)?

• It created the same number of slaves and free states

• It closed the Utah and New Mexico to future slavery

• It made slavery possible in territories previously closed to slavery

• It rejected the use of popular sovereignty to resolve the slavery issue

What impact did the decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford have on life in the United States?

Congress could no longer lawfully stop the spread of slavery in ​ (a)   territories.

• western
• southern
• eastern
• northern

Which outcome best complete the diagram?

d

Manifest Destiny

Civil War

American Revolution

Popular Sovereignty

What was one effect of the fugitive slave act of 1850?

• The Republican party lost influence in the federal legislature

• The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts

• Tensions amongst the populations of northern and southern states increased

• Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories

List the events in chronologically order 1-5......

• Dred Scott Case

• Harpers Ferry (John Brown)

• Tariffs

• Missouri Compromise/Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act