CS 4: Conflict - Match the Term and Multiple Choice Scenarios

Match each definition to the correct skill.

• Each side gives up part of what it wants to reach a solution.

• Consensus Building

• Discussing options to try to reach an agreement.

• Persuasion

• Working toward a solution that most people can accept, even if it’s not perfect.

• Negotiation

• Convincing others through logic, reasoning, or emotional appeal.

• Compromise

Two political parties agree to pass a law by including some policies from each side.

• Persuasion

• Negotiation

• Compromise

• Consensus Building

A mayor gives a powerful speech to convince the city council to approve a new park project.

• Persuasion

• Consensus Building

• Compromise

A teacher and students talk through different ideas for a class project until they settle on one plan together.

• Persuasion

• Consensus Building

• Compromise

• Negotiation

Two senators meet privately to discuss changes they want before voting on a bill.

• Compromise

• Negotiation

• Persuasion

• Consensus Building

Which skill is being used in each example: A labor union and business leaders meet to find an agreement on wages and benefits.

• Negotiation

• Public Speaking

• Time Management

• Technical Writing

Which skill is being used in each example: Supreme Court justices discuss their views and aim to reach a decision most of them can accept.

• Consensus Building

• Critical Thinking

• Public Speaking

• Legal Research

Which skill is being used: A student argues to classmates why her idea for the pep rally theme is the best.

• Persuasion

• Observation

• Memorization

• Calculation

The governor wants to pass a statewide environmental policy that would increase funding for renewable energy projects. The state legislature must approve the policy. Some legislators worry the policy will raise taxes too much.

Select the boxes to identify whether each action the governor could take to gain legislative approval of the policy is an example of compromise, consensus building, or persuasion.

• Consensus Building

• The governor agrees to include tax credits for businesses to offset potential costs.

• Persuasion

• The governor gives a speech to lawmakers highlighting how renewable energy could create new jobs.

• Compromise

• The governor organizes a meeting where legislators discuss the parts of the policy they all support.

The Nullification Crisis occurred in the early 1830s in South Carolina, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.

The Crisis occurred when the South Carolina state government refused to enforce the federal government’s tariffs, declaring them to be unconstitutional. South Carolinians thought the federal tariffs would hurt their state’s trade and exports of raw materials. In response to South Carolina’s actions, Congress passed and President Jackson signed into law the Force Bill. The Force Bill stated that when a state government obstructs the laws of the United States government, the president has the right to use all force necessary to oppose the obstruction of federal law by the states. This force could potentially include U.S. military action against South Carolina.

Following the passage of the Force Bill, South Carolina responded with the passage of a nullification ordinance of the Force Bill. An excerpt from South Carolina’s Ordinance is shown.

Excerpt from South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification of the Force Bill:

We, the people of the State of South Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain that the act of the Congress of the United States, [commonly known as the Force Bill], approved the 2nd day of March, 1833, is unauthorized by the Constitution of the United States, subversive of that Constitution, and destructive of public liberty, and that the same is, and shall be deemed null and void within the limits of this State; and it shall be the duty of the Legislature, at such time as they may deem expedient, to adopt such measures and pass such acts as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement thereof, and to inflict proper penalties on any person who shall do any act in execution or enforcement of the same within the limits of this State.

- Excerpt from “South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification.” In the public domain.

The Nullification Crisis came to an end with the passage of the Tariff of 1833. Under the Tariff of 1833, South Carolina agreed to enforce federal tariffs and the federal government agreed to gradually reduce tariff rates that South Carolinians had to pay.

Which statement describes how the resolution of the Nullification Crisis represented a compromise between the federal government and the state of South Carolina?

• Each side made concessions toward the other side's positions.

• Each side requested that a neutral third party help it reach an agreement.

• Each side worked toward achieving resolution based on shared principles.

• Each side used reasoning to persuade the other side to agree with its general position.