SS8H5a:Checkpoint

Prior to the Civil War, the south's economy was based on ___________, and the north's economy was based on __________.

• industry/agriculture

• agriculture/industry

• industry/tourism

• agriculture/tourism

The idea of states' rights was that:

• states will be able to allow who they want in their state

• states have the right to make their own laws

• states have the right to impeach the President

• states have the right to overthrow cotton

The southern states were trying to nullify, or cancel:

• tariffs on goods such as cotton

• slavery in their states

• tariffs on slaves

• the northern factories

“States have the right to nullify any law they disagree with.”

This quotation most likely represents the perspective of a ​ (a)   ​ in the 1850s.

• Southerner
• Northerner

Why did Southern states threaten to nullify the tariff on imports enacted by Congress in 1828?

• The tariff caused imports to cost less which hurt Northern states.

• The tariff caused imports to cost more which helped Southern states.

• The tariff caused imports to cost less which helped Northern states.

• The tariff caused imports to cost more which hurt Southern states.

Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War?

• tariffs

• slavery

• states' rights

• women's suffrage

Which was an action of a state to ignore, or not to follow a federal law?

• Nullification

• Sectionalism

• Compromise of 1850

• Jacksonism

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Which term is "The belief that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state"?

• Compromise

• States' Rights

• Referendum

• Tariff

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A tax on foreign goods imported into the United States

• Nullification

• Missouri Compromise

• States' Rights

• Tariff

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South Carolina did not want to pay the tariff, so its government decided to ___ it. 

• nullify
• trash
• amend