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| The right of a state to make decisions for itself. |
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The United States of America.
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| The idea that America was meant to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. |
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Loyalty to your section of the country instead of the country as a whole.
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To withdraw or leave the United States.
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To cancel or ignore a law.
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A tax placed on imported goods to encourage people to buy American products.
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Allowing the people to have the power to decide by voting.
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The group of people who were in control of the SC state government during the Nullification Crisis.
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The name of the document written & signed in SCthat stated that SC had seceded from the Union.
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The nickname John C Calhoun gave the Tariff of 1828.
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The leader from South Carolina who pushed for states’ rights & nullification.
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The document written by John C Calhoun explaining why the south was unhappy with tariffs.
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| South Carolina Exposition & Protest |
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What political party began to try to stop slavery from spreading?
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The name of the event when South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1832, but returned.
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North or South? These states liked protective tariffs because they made a lot of goods and knew the tariff would
help them make money.
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North or South? These states had a large group of their population who were abolitionists.
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North or South? These states believed in states’ rights and nullification.
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North or South? These states disliked protective tariffs because it cost them money.
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| During the Antebellum Era, tariffs were raised several times—what do tariffs do to the price of goods? |
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| Tariffs cause the price of goods to go up. |
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| 1828, Andrew Jackson supported a tariff on imported goods. This tariff sparked the Nullification Crisis because it helped the states in the North, but hurt the South. Which of the following describes Vice-president John C Calhoun's position on the Nullification Crisis? |
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| Calhoun believed that states had the right to nullify federal laws that caused damage to the state or were Unconstitutional. |
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| What is the purpose of a tariff? Why do governments place tariffs on items? |
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| Tariffs encourage people to buy American made products which help American workers keep jobs and be productive citizens. |
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| This is NOT a question on the flashcards, but you must be able to fill in a tariff chart correctly. Study worksheet. |
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| Which law of supply and demand does the tariff chart illustrate? |
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Price high = demand low
Price low = demand high |
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| By seceding from the Union a state would essentially be doing what? |
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| creating its own country. |
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| Andrew Jackson totally disagreed with John C. Calhoun about the idea of nullification—His quote to John C. Calhoun was, “Our Federal Union—It must be preserved”. What did he mean by this? |
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| He felt like keeping the United States together was more important than what any one state wanted or felt. |
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Why did SC not stick with their decision to secede during the Nullification Crisis?
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No other southern state backed them up and Andrew Jackson sent in the Army to force SC to obey.
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| The Missouri Compromise line divided the Louisiana Purchase into future slave and free territories. What was the dividing line between these two areas? |
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| Except for Missouri, all land north of 36 degrees would be free and all land below would be slave. |
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| Although Westward Expansion was helping to make America bigger and stronger, what was one of the major concerns with moving west? |
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| When people moved west, they brought with them their lifestyle. Southerners carried their slaves and this bothered abolitionists who did not want to see slavery get bigger. |
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| Each time a new state was added to the United States prior to the Civil War, it was debated whether it would allow slavery or be a Free State. Which of the following describes why South Carolina and other states were interested in the status of these new states? |
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| They wanted to keep the voting power in the Senate equal because they didn’t want either side to gain an advantage over the other. |
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| What state asked to be added to the US as a free state during the Missouri Compromise that helped keep the number of free and slave states equal? |
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| When California applied for statehood, they applied to become a free state. Why did they not want slaves in California? |
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| The gold miners were afraid that slave-owners would bring slaves to California to look for gold which would give them an advantage & make it difficult for miners to find gold on their own. |
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| What did the Compromise of 1850 say? |
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| California would enter as a free state, but the Fugitive Slave law was passed to protect southerners. |
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| Once the Fugitive Slave Law was in place, where did the escaping slaves have to go to be safe? |
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| Why did the Fugitive Slave Law upset the north so much? |
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| It required the north to return any runaway slave to the south & it was upsetting because for the first time they saw slaves being mistreated with their own eyes. |
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| Although the Fugitive Slave Law was meant to address runaway slaves, why was it unfair to all black people in the north? |
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| Any person could be accused, taken to a court where the judge made the decision, they couldn’t speak in court and the judge was paid double for every person he sent back to slavery. |
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| When Kansas chose to become a territory, why did the American government repeal the Missouri Compromise and allow Kansas to use popular sovereignty to determine slave or free state? |
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| The government was in the process of trying to build the Transcontinental Railroad and they knew they needed the south’s support to fund it, so they didn’t want to make them angry. |
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| What happened in Kansas and what nickname did the state earn? |
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| It was nicknamed “Bleeding Kansas” because when they used popular sovereignty & Kansas became a slave state, the abolitionists refused to accept the new slave gov’t and violence broke out between them. |
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| Why did Dred Scott feel he deserved to be a free man? |
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| His master had taken him to the free states of Illinois and Wisconsin to live, so since he had lived in free states, he should be freed. |
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| What was the result of the Dred Scott case? |
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| The case made it to the Supreme Court and they shocked everyone when they stated that Dred Scot was not a citizen, but a piece of property, so they would not even hear his case. |
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| When the government acknowledged slaves as property, what did that mean for the south? |
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| The south was happy because it meant that if the government made a law ending slavery, the government would have to pay the plantation owners for every slave they set free because the 5th amendment to the Constitution says that the gov’t cannot take property without just compensation. |
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| Why was Lincoln easily able to win the election of 1860? |
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| The Democratic Party split into two groups—the Southern Dems. and the Northern Dems. That split the Democratic vote to 25 % each, but Lincoln had the entire 50% of the Republican vote. |
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| Citizens who immediately wanted to secede from the Union regardless of what other states did. |
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| People who wanted to secede from the Union ONLY if other states joined them. |
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| Citizens who disagreed with secession and wanted to stay in the United States. |
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| The nickname of the Secessionists. |
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| SC was the __________ state to secede from the Union? |
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| What was the date SC seceded from the Union? |
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| What was the name of the country formed by the newly seceded states? |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| What did Lincoln tell the south about a possible war? |
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| He said that he would not start the war, but any act of violence by the south would be an act of war. |
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| When the southern states seceded, Lincoln was in a bad position. Which statement best describes this? |
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| Lincoln did not attack because he did not want to be remembered as the President who started the war, but he did not want to let them leave, because then he would be blamed for doing nothing while the US broke up. |
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| Why did the south fire on Ft. Sumter if it was a fort in the south? |
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| It was located in the south, but it belonged to the US Army, so it was a northern fort in southern territory. |
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| Describe the events leading up to the first shots of the Civil War. |
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| Lincoln had promised that he would not begin the war, but Ft. Sumter was running low on supplies and food. Lincoln knew if he sent ships in, the south would think he was sending in war ships, so he told the governor the ships were not armed. SC saw this as the perfect opportunity to attack the fort. |
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