The Nullification Crisis

question 25

Multiple Choice

The nullification crisis:

• A) involved the fears of some slaveholders that the federal government might take action against slavery.
• B) was based on southern concerns that tariffs were preventing the South from industrializing as fast as the North.
• C) largely concerned the opposition of southwestern planters to federally financed internal improvements.
• D) brought Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun closer together politically.

Recognize the role of education and integrated institutions in challenging racial prejudices and promoting abolitionist thought.

Understand the implications of the Dred Scott decision on the status of slaves and free blacks in the United States.

Recognize the limitations placed on African Americans' legal rights prior to the Civil War.

Identify the unconstitutional ruling of the Missouri Compromise according to Chief Justice Roger Taney.

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