The Nullification Crisis

Question 1

Who was known as “the Great Compromiser”?

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Henry Clay

Question 2

Which best identifies the key events of the nullification crisis?

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South Carolina claimed the right of nullification, Congress gave President Jackson the authority to fight it, and Clay authorized a way to settle the dispute.

Question 3

Which best describes Henry Clay?

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a great orator who was nicknamed “the Great Compromiser”

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the states’ rights debate of the early and mid-1800s?

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a conflict between the ideas of federalism and sectionalism

Question 5

Nullification is best defined as

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a state’s refusal to follow a federal law it opposes.

Question 6

Which states passed legislation to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts?

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Virginia and Kentucky

Question 7

The South’s reaction to the federal tariffs of the early 1800s stemmed from a belief that tariffs

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raised the price of manufactured goods and hurt trade with Britain.

Question 8

Which legislator was seen as a symbol of the Old South?

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John C. Calhoun

Question 9

What was the purpose of Henry Clay’s American System?

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to protect American goods from competition with foreign goods

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